Last Thursday, domestic tech company Shanji launched its first AI camera glasses, marking an important milestone in the domestic AI eyewear field. The glasses are priced at 1499 Yuan, while the first batch of 50,000 co-creation units was sold at a discounted price of 999 Yuan, reportedly even lower than similar products from Xiaomi. Additionally, Shanji introduced a special promotion where users can receive a full refund if they check in 200 days within 300 days (not necessarily consecutively), which undoubtedly increases the product's appeal.

Intel has partnered with Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) to establish the first chip manufacturing R&D center in Japan equipped with Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) lithography technology. EUV technology is suitable for manufacturing chips at 5nm and below, providing Japanese chip designers with the opportunity to collaborate with AIST and Intel to leverage the latest process technologies and enhance their global competitiveness. The construction of this center is expected to take three to five years, with a total investment of several hundred million dollars, and will serve as a resource for semiconductor manufacturers and materials companies, charging fees. This collaboration will not only help

Cerebras Systems has launched Cerebras Inference, claiming it to be the fastest AI inference service in the world, achieving performance that surpasses traditional GPU-based systems by 20 times with significantly improved cost-effectiveness, particularly suitable for processing large language models (LLMs). Its 8B version processes 1800 tokens per second, while the 70B version processes 450 tokens, with speed and cost-performance far exceeding NVIDIA GPU solutions.

Replika, an AI chatbot designed to help users build emotional and social connections, has recently come into the spotlight. CEO Eugenia Kuyda stated in an interview with The Verge that some users are even willing to 'marry' their AI companions, believing it brings happiness and reduces loneliness. Kuyda argues that AI companions can be effective tools for emotional support, helping people establish friendships and a sense of connection. Despite facing controversy in the past, such as issues related to users' sexual interactions with their AI partners and incidents of verbal abuse,

{BeFake is an AI-enhanced social application that allows users to present a false version of their lives on social media platforms. Users can choose to have the app automatically generate false templates or input their desired fabricated scenarios. BeFake caters to users' vanity, fulfilling the need for showing off and boasting on social platforms.}