Yann LeCun, head of AI research at Meta, recently stated in an interview that current AI systems are not as powerful as some researchers have claimed. He noted that the true understanding, planning, and reasoning capabilities of AI are still lacking and that multiple 'conceptual breakthroughs' are needed to achieve human-like intelligence. Image source note: Image generated by AI, image licensed from provider Midjourney. LeCun criticized the overly optimistic attitudes of OpenAI and Google DeepMind towards AI.

In 2024, the global AI craze continues to rise, and Thailand is no exception, standing on the brink of an explosion in artificial intelligence (AI). Imagine strolling through the streets of Bangkok, where everything around you is quietly changing. Restaurants have smart ordering systems that can converse with you fluently in Thai, hospitals have AI diagnostic systems capable of accurately analyzing your health status, and even the shared bicycles on the roadside are equipped with smart navigation. This is no fantasy; it is the ongoing AI transformation in Thailand. Image source note: The image is generated by AI, and the image is authorized.

2024 is set to be a busy year for the UK, with Donald Trump being re-elected as President of the United States, interest rates slightly declining, and geopolitical tensions intensifying. As the new year approaches, Bloomberg News has interviewed several CEOs in the UK to discuss their outlook for 2025. These CEOs come from various industries, including finance, construction, and energy, sharing their insights on key themes for the coming years. Image source note: The image is AI-generated, with licensing provided by Midjourney.

In the latest earnings call on December 20, 2024, Accenture announced that its orders for Generative AI reached a record $1.2 billion. This brings the company's total sales in Generative AI to $4.2 billion since September 2023, marking a new quarterly sales high in the field, reflecting the growing investment from clients in Generative AI. Image source note: Image generated by AI, licensed from Midjourney.

IBM has officially launched its next-generation open-source large language model, Granite3.1, aiming to secure a leading position in the enterprise AI sector. This series of models features an extended context length of 128K, embedding models, built-in hallucination detection capabilities, and significant performance improvements. IBM claims that the Granite8B Instruct model outperforms its open-source competitors of similar scale, including Meta's Llama3.1, Qwen2.5, and Google's Gemma2.

In a recent round of financing, Silicon Valley startup Perplexity reached a valuation of $9 billion, tripling its previous valuation. The funding amount was $500 million, marking Perplexity's rapid development in the artificial intelligence search engine sector and strong investor interest. Established in 2020, the company focuses on developing AI-based search engines aimed at enhancing user search experiences. Its technology enables users to obtain information more efficiently, especially in

Recently, the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology officially issued several measures to build Shenzhen into a pioneer city for artificial intelligence, aimed at promoting the application and development of the AI industry. With an annual investment of up to 300 million yuan, the focus is on cutting-edge areas such as the mathematical principles of AI, infrastructure, core algorithms, as well as embodied intelligence, autonomous driving, and AI chips, to carry out fundamental research and tackle technological challenges. Among them, for demonstration application projects with promotional value, the city will provide subsidies of up to 30% based on the actual investment of the project construction entities, with a maximum limit.