At the 2024 China International Information and Communication Exhibition, Huawei once again showcased its innovative strength in the field of communication technology. Feng Zhishan, President of Huawei's Optical Access Division, delivered a speech at the forum "Accelerating the Commercialization of F5G-A 10Gb Optical Networks, Embracing New Opportunities in the Intelligent Era," painting a vivid picture of the booming optical broadband industry. With the rapid development of AI technology, various intelligent applications are emerging like mushrooms after rain, driving the optical broadband industry towards the 10Gb optical network. China's 10Gb optical network industry has entered a phase of large-scale explosion, with more than 10 provinces and cities nationwide implementing 10Gb optical network initiatives.

On September 21, 2024, the Huazhi Large Model Industry Application Seminar co-hosted by CNKI and Huawei Cloud was held in Shanghai, where the Huazhi Large Model 5.0 version was released. This version has undergone comprehensive upgrades in application scenarios, inference capabilities, and content generation credibility, and has introduced new applications such as Smart PPT, AI Technology Search, Huazhi APP, and 3D Holographic Interactive Digital Humans.

Huawei has launched the 'AI Hundred Schools Program' aimed at supporting domestic universities in AI research and innovation by providing AI computing resources through Ascend Cloud Services. This initiative seeks to eliminate computing power bottlenecks and promote scientific research and talent development. The program is targeted at university teams with significant research achievements or far-reaching influence, covering a wide range of areas including AI operators, algorithms, model inference, and large model training. Applicant teams are required to submit project details, and Huawei will comprehensively evaluate project goals, value, innovation, and impact on the industry and ecosystem. Approved projects can receive between 50,000 to 1 million annually.

In the field of 3D digital humans, research teams from Nanjing University, Fudan University, and Huawei Noah's Ark Lab have proposed innovative solutions to address the issues of multi-view consistency and insufficient emotional expressiveness. They developed the EmoTalk3D dataset, which includes calibrated multi-view videos, emotion annotations, and frame-by-frame 3D geometric information. By constructing a mapping framework from 'speech to geometry to appearance', the research team introduced a new method that enables the synthesis of 3D talking avatars with controllable emotions, significantly enhancing lip synchronization and rendering quality.

Huawei launched the new Huawei MatePad Air tablet at the Hongmeng Smart Travel Enjoyment S9 and Huawei Full Scenario New Product Launch. The new MatePad Air features a seamless all-metal body design and utilizes natural mica powder materials that are corrosion-resistant and sweat-resistant, available in four fresh and elegant colors: Grass Green, Sakura Pink, Feather White, and Smoke Gray. The device weighs as light as 555g and is only 5.9mm thick.

A collaborative effort between the University of Alberta, the University of Toronto, and Huawei's Noah's Ark Lab has led to the development of a new method called TexGen, aimed at solving the challenge of generating realistic textures in the field of 3D modeling. This technology generates corresponding 3D textures from text descriptions, significantly outperforming existing techniques. The core involves a multi-view sampling and re-sampling framework combined with a pre-trained text-to-image diffusion model. This method effectively reduces discrepancies between views by maintaining a texture map with RGB parameters and updating it after each sampling, achieving view-consistent texture generation. An attention guidance mechanism has been introduced.

Users of the Huawei Pura70 series phones (including Pura70 Pro, Pura70 Pro+, and Pura70 Ultra) are receiving an upgrade to the AI image expansion feature, launched in HarmonyOS version 4.2.0.172. This feature allows intelligent image expansion to fill in blank areas and provide a broader view. Huawei has confirmed that the Pura70 and Pura70 Beidou Satellite Messaging Edition will support this feature by the end of August 2024. AI image expansion is based on advanced AI compositional algorithms and image generation technology.

PaddleX 3.0-beta Ascend version is a low-code development tool launched by PaddlePaddle, aimed at helping developers solve practical industry problems with low cost and zero barriers. This version was released on June 27, 2023, focusing on seven mainstream AI scenarios, featuring 68 high-quality PaddlePaddle models, and building 16 industry-grade model production lines.

During the Huawei Developer Conference 2024 (HDC2024), Huawei Music and iFLYTEK Co., Ltd. held a comprehensive deep cooperation signing ceremony in Dongguan. This cooperation marks a joint effort to promote the construction of a new ecosystem geared towards the all-scenario era, based on the development direction of HarmonyOS.

Today, at the Huawei HDC2024 Developer Conference, Huawei Executive Director and Huawei Cloud CEO Zhang Pingan announced the official release of Huawei Cloud's Pangu Big Model 5.0 to the world. The Pangu Big Model 5.0, with its parameters ranging from hundreds of millions to trillions, along with its diverse functions including Pangu Natural Language Model, Multimodal Model, Visual Model, Predictive Model, and Scientific Computing Model, provides unprecedented robust support for AI applications.

In this era of personalization, how can AI understand you better? Imagine when you type 'I passed, I'm so happy!' in a chat app, an AI that understands your feelings not only recognizes your excitement but also remembers your preference for smiley cat emojis. As a result, it creates a unique set of smiley cat emoticons just for you.

Huawei unveiled three innovative data storage solutions at MWC24 Barcelona, including AI Data Lake, All-Scenario Data Protection, and DCS Full-Stack Data Center, aimed at building a leading data infrastructure for the AI era.

The Huawei Cloud Pangu Meteorological Model has been selected as one of the Top Ten Scientific Advances in China 2023. The Huawei Cloud team utilized artificial intelligence technology to develop a 3D neural network capable of accurately conducting mid-term weather forecasts, supporting global meteorological predictions at the second level.

During MWC24 in Barcelona, Huawei launched the first large model in the communication industry, aimed at supporting agile business development, ensuring precise user experience, and providing efficient cross-domain operations. This model offers role-based and scenario-based intelligent applications, aimed at enhancing network productivity and bringing more efficient intelligent solutions to the communication industry.

Huawei and China Unicom held a press conference at MWC24 in Barcelona to unveil innovative achievements related to 5G-A, Whole Home Optical Broadband 3.0, and AI Large Models, themed 'Computing Network as the Foundation, Intelligence Leading the Future'. The cooperative achievements cover multiple fields, showcasing technological innovations.

The public test for the Huawei P50 Pro phone Xiaoyi large model version has started, with version number 12.1.1.400 and a size of 65MB. The testing period is from 2024/2/20 to 2024/3/31. The Xiaoyi large model's intelligent assistant can perform more complex tasks and supports free speech in Mandarin and 10 dialects, improving voice recognition accuracy.

The Huawei Cloud CodeArts Snap Intelligent Development Assistant officially launches its public beta. CodeArts Snap is a software development tool based on the Pangu large model, providing three core capabilities: intelligent generation, intelligent Q&A, and intelligent collaboration. Huawei Cloud CodeArts Snap can help developers improve efficiency in various development scenarios such as requirement management analysis, new code development, existing code optimization, code quality monitoring, and convenient application deployment.

Northwestern Polytechnical University and Huawei jointly released the first fluid mechanics large model aimed at aircraft. This model adopts a self-developed multi-level distributed parallel adaptive framework, integrating classical fluid mechanics theories and artificial intelligence methods, expected to provide foundational capabilities in industrial applications, promoting the self-reliance and leapfrog development of industrial software. China Mobile launched the Jiutian·Zhongqing Base Large Model and released multiple industry large models. FAW Jiefang Automotive Co., Ltd. signed a comprehensive deepening cooperation agreement with Huawei, involving AI large models, intelligent driving, and other aspects.

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