Baidu Research has unveiled BGE-VL, a groundbreaking multimodal vector model poised to revolutionize information retrieval. This advanced model promises significant improvements in search accuracy and efficiency.

Christie's inaugural auction of AI-generated art has concluded, generating significant controversy and achieving a total sales figure of $728,000. The event sparked debate regarding the role of artificial intelligence in artistic creation and the valuation of digital art.

Today at noon, Manus, the world's first general-purpose AI agent, officially joined Weibo, sparking enthusiastic attention and discussion among netizens. According to Weibo's AI official account, Manus is not just a smart assistant, but a "hands-on" super colleague capable of handling various tasks with a single instruction. From resume screening and travel planning to data analysis, PPT creation, and even coding and deploying web games, Manus is poised to become an efficiency powerhouse for office workers, students, and entrepreneurs alike.

On March 6th, the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence (BAAI) announced the open-sourcing of its multimodal vector model, BGE-VL. This achievement marks a significant breakthrough in the field of multimodal retrieval. The BGE-VL model achieves state-of-the-art results on various multimodal retrieval tasks, including image-text retrieval and compositional image retrieval, significantly improving the performance of multimodal retrieval.

This morning, at the first representative channel of the Third Session of the 14th National People's Congress, Lei Jun, a national people's congress representative, founder, chairman, and CEO of Xiaomi, and chairman of Kingsoft, answered reporters' questions. Lei Jun elaborated on Xiaomi's role in manufacturing, technological innovation direction, and globalization strategy.

Beijing Zhipu AI announced the release of CogView4, the first open-source text-to-image model capable of generating Chinese characters. The model achieved the highest overall score on the DPG-Bench benchmark, making it the State-of-the-Art (SOTA) in open-source text-to-image models. Furthermore, it's the first image generation model to be released under the Apache 2.0 license.

A revolutionary technology is quietly emerging in the field of artificial intelligence. Inception Labs recently announced the Mercury series of diffusion large language models (dLLMs), a new generation of language models designed for fast and efficient high-quality text generation. Compared to traditional autoregressive large language models, Mercury boasts up to 10x faster generation speeds, achieving over 1000 tokens per second on an NVIDIA H100 GPU. This speed is...

In the smart car sector, ZEEKR Intelligent Technology recently announced a remarkable achievement: the successful offline deployment of the automotive industry's first in-cabin AI large model. This technological breakthrough not only marks a significant step forward in ZEEKR's intelligent vehicle development but also brings users a revolutionary driving experience. This technology enables ZEEKR vehicles to perform real-time image and text understanding and reasoning without relying on a network connection, significantly enhancing the vehicle's intelligence. ZEEKR plans to roll out this feature gradually via OTA (Over-the-Air) updates.

Midea's innovative DeepSeek air conditioner marks a significant advancement in smart home technology, offering seamless voice control and enhanced user experience.

The Hong Kong Generative AI Research Center (HKGAI), led by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), officially launched its first locally developed generative AI model, HKGAI V1, on February 25th. This significant breakthrough injects new vitality into Hong Kong's AI ecosystem, marking a major advancement for Hong Kong in this cutting-edge technology field. HKGAI V1 is the industry's first large model based on DeepSeek technology for full parameter fine-tuning and continuous training, featuring a powerful local knowledge base and the ability to understand and generate Cantonese.