Cainiao Group officially launched its new L4 public road autonomous vehicle - Cainiao GT Pro today. This vehicle is the first upgrade and redesign after the launch of the L4 public road autonomous vehicle Cainiao GT in 2024, with a starting price of 149,800 yuan (including vehicle hardware and 5 years of technical service fee). The Cainiao GT Pro features significant optimizations and improvements in various aspects, including product appearance, range, algorithm optimization, functional interaction, and technological ambiance, enhancing the competitiveness of the autonomous vehicle.

Zomato, a major food delivery platform in India, announced a ban on the use of AI-generated food images on restaurant menus to safeguard customer trust and reduce complaints, refunds, and declines in ratings. CEO Deepinder Goyal emphasized that starting this month, the platform will remove AI-generated images and encourage restaurants to use professional photography services with cost price support. Zomato plans to utilize automation technology to detect and reject the upload of AI images. At the same time, the marketing team has also prohibited the use of such images in promotional materials. Despite taking a strong stance,

On July 9th, Musk announced that his artificial intelligence company xAI is building a supercomputer with 100,000 NVIDIA H100 GPUs, expected to be delivered and begin training by the end of this month. This move marks the termination of xAI's negotiations with Oracle to expand the existing agreement and rent more NVIDIA chips. Musk emphasized that this will become "the most powerful training cluster globally with a significant lead." He said that the core competitive edge of xAI lies in speed, "

SaaS startup RocketLane, based in California, announced the completion of a $24 million Series B funding round, led by 8VC, Matrix Partners India, and Nexus Venture Partners.

According to Citigroup, artificial intelligence has the potential to replace more jobs in the banking sector, more so than in other industries. This technology is expected to disrupt consumer finance and enhance workers' productivity. Based on a new report on artificial intelligence released by the bank on Wednesday, about 54% of jobs in the banking industry have a high potential for automation, while an additional 12% of positions could be augmented by this technology.

Samsung Electronics' foundry business plans to provide customers with one-stop services to accelerate the production speed of its artificial intelligence chips. This plan integrates Samsung's globally leading memory chips, wafer fabrication, and chip packaging services, allowing customers to communicate with Samsung's memory chip, wafer fabrication, and chip packaging teams through a single channel, thus reducing the time required to produce artificial intelligence chips by approximately 20%.

The State Post Bureau held a meeting emphasizing the promotion of the widespread application of artificial intelligence in the industry. It aims to accelerate major engineering projects and infrastructure construction, promote carbon neutrality and green governance. A comprehensive investigation and rectification of safety hazards in the industry will be carried out, and the pace of digital transformation will be accelerated. Active efforts will be made to promote the application of artificial intelligence in the postal and express delivery sector to reduce logistics costs in society.

Amazon has launched an AI-based automatic vehicle inspection technology that can check the condition of delivery vehicles. This technology can identify issues such as tire deformation and chassis wear to ensure driver safety. The technology can track detected vehicle problems to provide insights for fleet management. The new technology will enhance the reliability of Amazon's delivery service, ensuring packages are delivered on time. This technology helps protect the safety of nearly 280,000 delivery drivers working for Amazon.

DoorDash has launched an AI voice ordering service that can answer calls and provide personalized recommendations to users. The AI will use past order data to make personalized suggestions and offers multi-language support. The service is currently available only for select restaurants, and DoorDash has stated it will adjust according to restaurant demand.