During the 2024 World Internet Conference held today in Wuzhen, Honor CEO Zhao Ming shared his vision for the future development of mobile phones. He stated that by 2027, phones are expected to be able to incorporate large AI models with 100 billion parameters. This advancement will enable phones to learn, understand, and predict user behaviors and intentions, thereby providing users with more personalized arrangements for their lives and work. Image source note: Image generated by AI, image authorized by service provider Midjourney. Currently, several phones on the market are equipped with models of similar scale.

During the 2024 World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, Alibaba Group CEO Wu Yongming delivered a keynote speech at the Internet Entrepreneurs Forum on November 21, emphasizing the profound impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the internet industry. He pointed out that the biggest change in the internet industry this year is still the rapid development of AI technology. Wu Yongming stated that the greatest value of AI is not merely the development of one or two super apps on mobile phones, but in driving productivity transformation across various industries. The development of AI requires a prosperous ecosystem of technology, products, and market.

On November 21, at the 2024 World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, Zhou Yuan, founder, chairman, and CEO of Zhihu, shared his views on the changes brought by AI search. He believes that AI search is currently still in its early stages, and both domestically and globally, its user coverage and application scenarios need further expansion and improvement. Zhou pointed out that the industry often compares AI search with traditional search, yet traditional search has already addressed a wide range of mature problems.

Recently, as Elon Musk filed a lawsuit against Sam Altman, early internal emails from OpenAI were exposed, drawing widespread attention to the power struggle among the company's founders. In the emails, OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever expressed deep concerns about Musk's strong desire to control artificial intelligence. Image source note: Image generated by AI, image licensed from Midjourney. Sutskever reached out to Musk in September 2017.

Recently, a unique AI capability assessment took place on the Minecraft platform, attracting a lot of attention. The old and new versions of Claude3.5Sonnet competed in building challenges, highlighting significant differences in their abilities, with the new version (tentatively called Sonnet3.6) performing especially well. This test, initiated by developer adi, has been humorously dubbed the only reliable assessment benchmark. Assessment researcher Aidan McLau believes this method precisely meets the current needs for AI evaluation and points out the relationship with aesthetic abilities.

Recently, ByteDance quietly launched an AI model sharing community called 'Lumi'. The platform integrates various functions including model sharing, workflow building, and LoRA training, although it is currently still in the internal testing phase. Product entrance: https://top.aibase.com/tool/lumi. The core highlight of Lumi is its model sharing and management features, allowing users to easily upload their developed AI models.

Xiaomi's upcoming Xiaomi 15 series smartphones will no longer offer an 8GB RAM version, instead, the base model's RAM configuration will start at 12GB, with a projected price increase. Xiaomi representative Wang Teng noted that future flagship models are likely to eliminate the 8GB RAM option due to the higher memory demands of on-device AI models. He suggested that as AI technology becomes more widespread in smartphones, users should opt for higher RAM versions whenever financial conditions permit. He also advised consumers to be aware of the pricing differences of RAM across different brands.

Recently, ByteDance officially addressed rumors regarding an 'intern disrupting large model training'. The company confirmed that an intern did maliciously interfere with the model training tasks of the commercialization technology team's research project. However, this action did not affect the company's official commercial projects and online business, nor did it involve other large model businesses of ByteDance. Moreover, ByteDance pointed out that claims circulating online about 'involving over 8,000 nodes and causing losses of over ten million dollars' are seriously exaggerated. According to public reports, the intern was part of ByteDance's commercialization technology team.

A recent study led by the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology reveals that large language models (LLMs) may be more knowledgeable than they appear. Researchers found that LLMs' internal representations encode information about the correctness of their outputs, allowing them to identify the correct answer even when they ultimately generate an incorrect one. The research team focused on analyzing LLM errors in long text generation, which is more aligned with their real-world application scenarios. They constructed an error detection dataset to compare the model's outputs.

Recently, Perplexity introduced a new feature called 'Internal Knowledge Search', which allows its Pro and Enterprise Pro users to query both internet information and their internal databases on a single platform. This new functionality aims to enhance work efficiency for enterprises, enabling users to more conveniently access the information they need. However, it is important to note that users can only upload documents they deem important to the platform, and the Internal Knowledge Search feature will be limited to these uploaded documents.

Recently, Meta announced on its WhatsApp channel that its AI chatbot Meta AI has officially launched in six new countries, including Brazil, the UK, the Philippines, Bolivia, Guatemala, and Paraguay. This marks a further internationalization of Meta AI, aiming to provide a smarter interaction experience for users worldwide. Meta also revealed that, in addition to these six countries, the company plans to gradually roll out Meta AI to more countries in the future, particularly in the Middle East. With this expansion,

Recently, many users reported that Kimi has begun internal testing of the "Exploration Version". Users who have obtained testing privileges can enter " / " in the input box to see the new feature options. From the screenshots of the Kimi Exploration Version interface, the page prompts: Enter " / " to use Kimi Exploration Version to solve complex search problems. It is worth mentioning that since it is in functional testing, each account with testing privileges can only use it 5 times a day. It is understood that Kimi Exploration Version has significantly improved its intelligence and reasoning capabilities.

At the 2024 Beijing Cultural Forum, the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence (BAAI) officially announced the release of the next-generation Chinese Internet corpus CCI3.0 (Chinese Corpora Internet), further promoting data co-construction and sharing. CCI3.0 includes a 1000GB dataset and a 498GB high-quality subset CCI3.0-HQ, marking another important update following the initial open-source release of CCI1.0 in November 2023 and the release of CCI2.0 in April 2024.

Recently, a study from the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank, Vanderbilt University, and Harvard Kennedy School revealed that generative artificial intelligence (AI) is infiltrating our daily work lives at an astonishing pace. The study, titled "The Rapid Adoption of Generative Artificial Intelligence," indicates that the adoption rate of generative AI has already surpassed that of the early use of personal computers (PCs) and the internet. According to the research, 39.4% of Americans aged 18 to 64 have begun using generative AI, with 28% of them using it at work.

Recently, the much-watched AI startup Perplexity AI, backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has been negotiating with several well-known brands, including Nike and Marriott International, to launch a 'Sponsored Q&A' advertising system by the end of the year. This system aims to challenge Google's dominance in the $300 billion digital advertising market. Based in San Francisco, Perplexity AI is developing a brand-new advertising model that allows brands to bid on 'sponsored questions.'

At a recent press conference, Alibaba International's AI team unveiled its latest development, the multimodal large model Ovis. This innovative AI technology undoubtedly brings new opportunities across various industries. Ovis boasts powerful image understanding and data processing capabilities that are refreshing. Ovis's multimodal ability is exceptionally strong, allowing it to handle various data types such as text and images, showcasing excellent comprehensive strength. Compared to traditional large language models, Ovis not only understands text but also conducts in-depth analysis of non-text information such as images.

Recently, Google.org announced an investment of over $25 million aimed at helping educators and students acquire essential AI skills, opening a door full of opportunities for them in this intelligent era. This substantial funding from the 'AI Opportunity Fund' is not just a number, but a testament to Google's commitment to educational equity. It will benefit over 500,000 educators and students, assisting them in navigating the challenges and opportunities brought by AI in the classroom. The experience of special education teacher Matthew Jones vividly illustrates this commitment.

Recently, U.S. officials announced that a global Artificial Intelligence (AI) Safety Summit will be hosted in San Francisco in November. As AI technology advances rapidly, governments around the world are striving to keep pace with this change. The summit will be co-chaired by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and is scheduled for November 20-21. Raimondo stated in a release, 'As AI develops rapidly, we are doing everything we can.' She noted the importance of close international collaboration and thoughtful coordination.