Yesterday, Shanji Technology announced the launch of China's first mass-produced AI photography glasses - Shanji AI拍照 Glasses. The retail price for these glasses is 1499 Yuan, while the first batch of 50,000 co-creation versions is discounted to 999 Yuan, along with a promotional offer of a refundable 300-day purchase if used for 200 days. The Shanji AI拍照 Glasses are the first in the industry to feature a Sony 16MP, 123-degree ultra-wide-angle camera module, and are equipped with a flagship low-power ARM platform from UNISOC. These glasses also include a 6500mAh extended battery, supporting HI-F.

On December 12, Peking University and ByteDance officially announced the establishment of the Doubao Large Model System Software Joint Laboratory, marking a new milestone in the collaboration between industry, academia, and research in China's AI field. The research work of the joint laboratory will be based on the Doubao large model independently developed by ByteDance. Researchers from universities and enterprises will conduct in-depth research on key technologies such as model training and inference within the laboratory. With the construction and development of the laboratory, a large number of Peking University students will also enter the laboratory for internships, working side by side with industry researchers.

In its latest presentation, Google unveiled Project Astra, a plan by the DeepMind team aimed at building real-time, multi-modal AI agents running on a mysterious prototype pair of glasses. On Wednesday, Google announced that it would release these AI and AR-enabled prototype glasses to a select group of users for real-world testing. The translation feature demonstrated on the Google prototype glasses showcases that they are equipped with the Android XR operating system, a new platform designed by Google for visual computing, aimed at supporting glasses and ear devices.

iFLYTEK recently announced the official launch of its latest development, the iFLYTEK Spark Multimodal Interaction Model. This technological breakthrough marks iFLYTEK's expansion from a single voice interaction technology to a new stage of real-time audio-visual multimodal interaction. The new model integrates voice, vision, and digital human interaction functions, allowing users to seamlessly combine all three with a single button.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced today in a blog post the launch of an AI assistant named Amazon Q Developer, designed to help developers improve efficiency when writing code. This assistant can be directly integrated into developers' IDEs (Integrated Development Environments), such as Visual Studio Code and JetBrains. Developers can easily highlight text to access new feature options from Q Developer.

Recently, pioneering company in the field of clinical AI, Aidoc, announced that it is collaborating with NVIDIA to develop a new guide called 'BRIDGE' (Blueprint for Resilient Integration and Deployment of Guided Excellence). The goal of this guide is to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence in the healthcare industry, with an expected release in early 2025.

Apple is working behind the scenes to add new Apple Intelligence features to iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS 15. We will see the first batch of features in the iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS 15.1 updates, but Apple is also preparing for the next set of features. MacRumors has discovered new references to ChatGPT integration for Siri, as Apple is getting ready to implement ChatGPT support.

At the Baidu Cloud Intelligence Conference held today, Tang Jiayu, co-founder and CEO of Shengshu Technology, announced that Vidu, the first domestic video large model, officially opens its API and integrates with Baidu Intelligent Cloud's Qianfan Large Model Platform, becoming the first video large model on this platform. Vidu's self-developed video generation technology boasts advantages such as high dynamism, diverse styles, and exceptional reasoning. It has also launched the 'Subject Reference' feature globally, effectively solving the problem of consistent video model generation. Since its launch at the end of July, Vidu has received thousands of enterprise user integrations.

At a recent Gartner IT symposium, analysts predicted that by 2027, 40% of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) solutions will achieve multimodal integration, significantly up from 1% in 2023. The integration of multimodal GenAI can capture relationships between different data streams and expand benefits across various data and applications, supporting human multitasking in different environments. Gartner's report indicates that multimodal GenAI and open-source large language models will have a profound impact, benefiting enterprises in the next five years.

Anthropic has released Claude Enterprise, an enterprise-grade AI assistant designed to enhance team efficiency. By integrating GitHub, expanding the context window, and providing enterprise-level security features, it helps companies better leverage their internal knowledge assets. This product can handle large volumes of documents and code, accelerating code repository synchronization, feature iteration, and issue debugging, while ensuring data security. Market and product managers can use it to generate marketing strategies and interactive prototypes, improving cross-department communication efficiency. Early user feedback has been positive.

Beijing Shengshu Technology Co., Ltd. and Beijing Qiwii Visual Technology Co., Ltd. recently announced the signing of a strategic cooperation agreement. The two parties will jointly explore the integration applications of XR (Extended Reality) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, promoting innovation and high-quality development in the cultural technology industry.

On August 18, Zero-One Everything and SF Technology announced an ecological cooperation, aiming to explore the deep integration of artificial intelligence with supply chain management and jointly promote the intelligent development of supply chain management. This partnership combines Zero-One Everything's deep expertise in large model technology with SF Technology's profound understanding of smart supply chains, intending to help SF Technology achieve new breakthroughs in the supply chain sector while allowing Zero-One Everything's Yi series large models to be applied in a wider range of business scenarios.

YouTube is conducting an innovative experiment that integrates Google's Gemini AI technology with its platform, aimed at providing content creators with enhanced creative support. This news was recently announced on YouTube's Creator Insider channel, sparking widespread attention in the industry.