The Walt Disney Company is exploring applications in its film, television, and theme park divisions and is currently forming a new team to coordinate the company's use of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and mixed reality. The newly established technology support office will be led by Jamie Voris, the Chief Technology Officer of Disney Studios, who was responsible for developing Disney applications for the Apple Vision Pro mixed reality device. Eddie Drake will

Recently, a group of tech giants and venture capitalists jointly issued a statement opposing California Senator Scott Wiener’s SB1047 bill. This bill aims to strengthen the regulation of artificial intelligence, prompting strong opposition from the tech industry. Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, co-founders of Andreessen Horowitz, along with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

Recently, AMD launched its latest Strix Point APU series, highlighting its exceptional performance in AI large language model (LLM) applications, far surpassing Intel's Lunar Lake series processors. With the growing demand for AI workloads, the competition in hardware is becoming increasingly fierce. To address the market, AMD has introduced AI processors designed for mobile platforms, aiming for higher performance with lower latency. AMD stated that the Strix Point series of Ryzen

Recently, CareYaya Health Technologies launched an artificial intelligence (AI) driven large language model named MedaCareLLM, aimed at helping dementia and Alzheimer's patients improve their daily lives. This technology is integrated into smart glasses, providing real-time 'life-changing' assistance through video data and facial and object recognition technology. When patients wear these smart glasses, the AI can identify familiar faces. Once identified, the system will provide information about the person.

In the rapid development of modern technology, artificial intelligence (AI) is gradually permeating all aspects of life. Recently, a digital olfactory company named Osmo announced a significant breakthrough in 'scent transmission,' where AI can achieve olfactory 'teleportation' without the need for human hands or noses. The core of this technology lies in the use of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS) to collect and analyze aroma data. Image source note: Image generated by AI, image licensed by service provider Midjourney Osmo.

The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) has recently signed an agreement with the AI company Ethovox to protect actors' rights in artificial intelligence voice models. The primary goal of this agreement is to establish a responsible framework for the use of AI in the entertainment industry, ensuring that actors' rights are upheld in the new technological era. Under this agreement, actors will receive upfront payments when recording their voices and will share in subsequent revenues. This means that actors will be compensated fairly when their voices are used in AI models.

Baido's official Weibo announced on October 31 that Baido founder Li Yanhong will deliver a one-hour keynote speech at the Baido World 2024 conference, which will be held on November 12. The poster for this speech integrates key insights from Li Yanhong's recent appearances. On the application level, he focuses on the development directions of natural language processing, intelligent systems, and search technology. Regarding industry trends, Li Yanhong pointed out in a previous interview with the Harvard Business Review that despite the inevitability of bubbles, 1% of companies will still stand out in competition.

The world's largest technical professional organization, IEEE, recently released a research report titled 'Technology Impact Beyond 2025'. This report surveyed 355 technology leaders from Brazil, China, India, the UK, and the US to explore future technology development trends. The survey revealed that 58% of respondents believe that smart technologies will be the most influential technology area in 2025, marking its second consecutive year at the top. Following closely are cloud computing (26%) and robotics (24%). Other noteworthy fields include extended reality.

Cisco Systems recently launched two data center devices optimized for artificial intelligence (AI) models at a partner event in Los Angeles. These new systems will further enhance Cisco's hardware product lineup to help enterprises efficiently handle AI-related workloads. The first product line introduced is the UCS C885A M8 series servers, which can support up to eight graphics processing units (GPUs), providing robust computing power for enterprise users. Cisco offers three GPU options for this series.

AI company Anthropic has announced the release of its AI chatbot Claude's desktop application. Users can download the version for Mac and Windows for free from the official Anthropic website. This move makes using Claude more convenient, as users no longer need to access it through a web browser and can interact more quickly. The desktop application of Claude does not have significant differences in functionality compared to the web version, allowing users to easily ask questions.

Amid the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology, Intel's Gaudi AI accelerator faces significant challenges. Recently, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger stated during the company's Q3 2024 earnings call that Intel's anticipated $500 million revenue target for Gaudi will not be met. He admitted, "We will not be able to achieve the $500 million revenue target for 2024." Despite the recent launch of the new Gaudi3 accelerator, Gelsinger pointed out that Gaudi products...

In India, artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the government's digital infrastructure, enabling more underserved communities to benefit. Recently, at the NVIDIA summit held in Mumbai, Sharmishtha Dasgupta, Deputy Director of the National Informatics Centre, shared the latest updates on how AI is enhancing e-governance. She mentioned that AI systems can now handle 500,000 to 700,000 queries per month, operating around the clock to ensure thousands of citizens receive timely assistance. These queries cover a wide range of topics, such as registration and eligibility.

In Google's latest quarterly earnings call, CEO Sundar Pichai conveyed a clear message: Gemini is rapidly expanding its influence. Data shows that the API call volume for Gemini has experienced a staggering 14-fold increase over the past six months, confirming the strong market demand for its services. In terms of product integration, Google has already begun incorporating Gemini's capabilities into its core application matrix. Currently, major applications such as Google Maps and Google Search are being enhanced.

This week, Apple unveiled its latest M4 series chips at a launch event, marking a strong performance in the personal computer market. Apple claims that devices equipped with M4Pro and M4Max significantly surpass competing AI PC chips, particularly in handling artificial intelligence tasks. The M4Pro chip offers up to 14 CPU cores, including 10 high-performance cores and 4 efficient cores, along with 20 GPU cores. Apple stated that the M4Pro excels in AI computing.

Beijing Baichuan Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. recently announced the launch of its one-stop solution aimed at helping enterprises achieve private deployment of large models at a low cost while improving efficiency. This solution includes high-quality general training data across the entire link, two models: Baichuan4-Turbo and Baichuan4-Air, as well as a comprehensive toolchain for domain enhancement, meeting the needs of enterprises in various scenarios.

During the recent earnings report, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated that the company's investment in artificial intelligence (AI) is showing 'strong momentum.' Despite Meta's quarterly revenue and profit exceeding Wall Street's expectations, Zuckerberg anticipates that the company's AI spending will increase further next year. Although Meta's stock has risen over 70% in 2024, reaching a new high, the stock price fell about 3% in after-hours trading following the earnings report.

Artificial intelligence company Cartesia recently launched a voice conversion model called "Voice Changer". Unlike traditional voice conversion, this model not only transforms the input voice into the target voice but also preserves prosodic features such as intonation and stress from the original voice. According to Cartesia's official sources, users can try this feature on the website play.cartesia.ai. The company has also released related API documentation, which developers can access through docs.cartesia.ai.