Google has officially announced the launch of its AI research assistant system based on Gemini 2.0 - the AI co-scientist, aimed at providing virtual collaboration for scientists to generate novel research hypotheses and suggestions. This system not only offers traditional literature review and summarization capabilities but also breakthrough original knowledge discovery abilities. The AI co-scientist can simulate the reasoning process of scientific methods and provide researchers with innovative research hypotheses and proposal plans based on existing evidence and specific research objectives.

In recent years, the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, especially driven by countries like the United States and China, has made AI a focal point of global technological competition. To this end, the EU recently announced a funding program of up to 200 billion euros to promote development in this field. Despite Germany's strong capabilities in AI research, why hasn't a single successful AI enterprise emerged? Source: Image generated by AI, image courtesy of service provider Midjourney according to Professor Bjorn from the University of Munich.

In the U.S. legal community, copyright disputes related to artificial intelligence (AI) are escalating, and Thomson Reuters has recently won a preliminary victory in this copyright battle. The company sued the now-defunct legal research firm Ross Intelligence in 2020, accusing it of using materials from Thomson Reuters' legal platform Westlaw to train its AI model without authorization. According to the 3rd U.S. Circuit...

Against the backdrop of increasing global competition in AI, the EU has officially announced an unprecedented artificial intelligence investment plan. Today at the AI Action Summit in Paris, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen formally unveiled a grand initiative called 'Invest AI', showcasing the EU's strong determination in global AI competition. This investment plan, with a total scale of €200 billion, notably includes a dedicated €20 billion European Fund for the construction of AI gigafactories. This decision marks the EU's official entry into large-scale AI development.

Recently, the UAE and France reached a significant agreement to jointly construct a grand AI park. This project will include a powerful data center, expected to have computing capabilities of up to one gigawatt, marking another important investment in Europe’s artificial intelligence sector. The agreement was signed in the presence of French President Emmanuel Macron and UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Image source note: Image generated by AI, image licensed by Midjourney according to the agreement, this AI park

Recently, artificial intelligence development company OpenAI announced that it will allow some European customers to store and process data related to their interactions with the chatbot within the European Union, rather than storing the data in the United States or elsewhere. This move highlights the profound impact of EU regulations on large digital platforms and AI developers concerning data usage. Image source note: The image is generated by AI, and the image licensing provider Midjourney has paid fees for companies and educational institutions to use the chatbot.

Recently, the domestic large model DeepSeek has emerged on the global AI stage, showcasing impressive technological strength. However, it has also faced threats from external cyber attacks. Against this backdrop, Zhou Hongyi, the founder of 360 Group, announced that 360 will provide comprehensive cybersecurity protection for DeepSeek free of charge, supporting the development of domestic AI technology through concrete actions.

Alexander Beckman, co-founder and former CEO of Silicon Valley AI startup GameOn, and his lawyer wife, Valerie Lau Beckman, have recently been indicted by federal prosecutors on multiple fraud charges. They are accused of deceiving investors and the company by falsifying financial statements and other means from 2018 to 2024, involving more than $60 million.

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Arthur Mensch, co-founder and CEO of the renowned French AI startup Mistral, stated that the company is fully committed to achieving its goal of an initial public offering (IPO). Founded in 2023 by researchers from tech giants like Google DeepMind and Meta, Mistral has rapidly risen in just two years, releasing a series of open-source AI models and launching chatbot-like technology.

Generative AI is creating significant opportunities for the European economy, with projections suggesting that this technology could add as much as $575 billion in value over the next five years. This data comes from the latest report by the McKinsey Global Institute, which provides an in-depth analysis of the full value chain of AI in Europe. The report highlights that if generative AI solutions are effectively adopted and scaled, Europe has much to gain. Note: Image generated by AI, image licensed by Midjourney. The report mentions that the value of generative AI primarily comes from...

Google Research recently announced the innovative 'Titans' series model architecture, achieving a groundbreaking 2 million token context length through bionic design, with plans to open-source related technologies in the future. The core innovation of this architecture is the introduction of a Deep Neural Long-Term Memory Module, inspired by the human memory system. Titans cleverly combines the rapid response capability of short-term memory with the persistence characteristics of long-term memory, while utilizing an attention mechanism to handle immediate context, forming an efficient information processing system.