The 2024 Yunqi Conference opened grandly in Hangzhou, with Alibaba Group CEO and Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Group Chairman and CEO Wu Yongming delivering a keynote speech. During the conference, Alibaba announced a series of groundbreaking releases, including the launch of the next-generation open-source model Qwen2.5, which outperforms Llama405B and firmly holds the position of the 'strongest open-source large model'.

Today, ByteDance's Volcano Engine announced that the Doubao Large Model will release a video generation model on September 24, bringing upgrades to more capabilities in the model family. It is understood that the Doubao Large Model was officially launched at the Volcano Engine Original Power Conference on May 15, 2024.

Beijing ZhiYuan Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, in collaboration with Renmin University of China's Gaoqing School of Artificial Intelligence, has launched an innovative AI model framework called MemoRAG. This framework, based on long-term memory, aims to advance Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) technology to handle more complex tasks beyond simple question answering.

OPPO announced that its AI large model AndesGPT-2.0 performed exceptionally in the 'Chinese Large Model Benchmark Evaluation August 2024 Report' released by the authoritative third-party evaluation agency SuperCLUE, winning multiple first-place awards, marking further recognition of OPPO's technological strength in the AI field.

During the CCS2024 cybersecurity series event held in Chengdu, Baidu Vice President Chen Yang delivered a keynote speech, sharing how large model technology is driving transformation in the software development field. Chen noted that the understanding, generation, logic, and memory capabilities of large models, when combined with software development, can significantly enhance development efficiency and improve software security.

Alibaba's Tongyi is set to unveil its video generation large model at the upcoming Yunqi Conference, attracting significant attention from the industry. Currently, the Tongyi App channel and Tongyi Wanxiang PC version have quietly launched the 'Video Generation' entry, although the functionality is not yet open and users can only make reservations. According to page information, this new video generation large model is independently developed by Alibaba's Tongyi Laboratory, featuring two main creation modes: 'Text-to-Video' and 'Image-to-Video', allowing users to generate corresponding video content from text or images. This launch will undoubtedly bring new opportunities for content creators.

Shenzhen Yuanxiang Information Technology Co., Ltd. recently announced the successful release of China’s largest Mixture of Experts (MoE) open source large model — XVERSE-MoE-A36B. The launch of this model marks a significant advancement in China’s AI field, elevating domestic open source technology to an internationally leading level.

Kunlun Wanwei Technology Co., Ltd. recently announced that its two new reward models, Skywork-Reward-Gemma-2-27B and Skywork-Reward-Llama-3.1-8B, have performed exceptionally well on the internationally recognized reward model evaluation benchmark RewardBench. Notably, the Skywork-Reward-Gemma-2-27B model achieved the top position and received high recognition from the RewardBench officials.

At the 2024 Inclusion · Bund Conference, Ant Group shared its latest progress in building knowledge-enhanced professional intelligent agents and launched the research and development achievement of combining knowledge graphs with large models—the Knowledge-Enhanced Large Model Service Framework KAG. This framework, introduced by Liang Lei, head of the knowledge graph at Ant Group, aims to guide decision-making and retrieval through graph logical symbols, significantly improving the precision and logical rigor of decisions in vertical domains.

Vivo's OS product vice president Zhou Wei announced that the company will unveil its brand new Blue Heart Large Model at next month's developer conference. This new model will encompass large models in various fields including language, speech, vision, multimodal, and edge computing. Zhou emphasized in the statement that artificial intelligence (AI) will become a core technology and a key driver in the development of mobile operating systems over the next five years, playing a significant role in various modules such as audio-visual entertainment and office collaboration. Vivo plans to integrate the Blue Heart Large Model into its latest OriginOS 5 system.

Xihu Xincheng Technology Co., Ltd. recently officially launched China's first end-to-end general-purpose speech large model - Xincheng Lingo, at the Bund Conference. Since its release on August 1, the model underwent internal testing and was publicly showcased on September 5, demonstrating its advanced speech processing capabilities. Xincheng Lingo can directly understand speech, capturing tone, rhythm, and emotion, and provides speech responses.

Tencent recently announced the official launch of its Tencent Yuanbao brand Smart Agent Zone, which has invited 11 partners to jointly create a high-quality AI smart agent application ecosystem. These applications cover various fields including entertainment, tourism, shopping, health, e-sports, express delivery, design, and recruitment, featuring well-known companies such as Yuanwen Group, Tongcheng Travel, Weimob, Zhiming Technology, China Resources Sanjiu, Kuaidi 100, Canva, High Competition Culture, Mafengwo, as well as VIPKID and Zhilian Recruitment Smart Agent.

Yunzhisheng Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. has recently launched an automatic live streaming system called 'Blue Algae AI Broadcasting', aimed at addressing multiple pain points in the live streaming industry through artificial intelligence technology. This system is based on Yunzhisheng's Shanhai Large Model and advanced human-like AI voice technology, enabling 24-hour continuous broadcasting, significantly reducing live streaming costs while enhancing interactivity and viewer experience.

Sichuan Changhong Electric Co., Ltd. is set to launch the world's first AI television globally, which will be officially unveiled on September 6th in Berlin, Germany. This innovative product integrates industry-leading large model technology and is supported by a national supercomputing center. It is equipped with Changhong's self-developed Yunfan AI platform, aiming to achieve autonomous thinking, communication, and growth in televisions, thus providing a new experience that transitions from passively receiving commands to actively serving and autonomously evolving.

Zhipu AI, a unicorn in the large model field, announces the completion of financing worth several billion yuan to support technological innovation and ecosystem development. After this round of financing, Zhipu's valuation reaches 20 billion yuan, with Zhongguancun Science City Company as the lead investor, marking its third financing round in 2024. Zhipu's shareholder lineup includes well-known investment institutions such as Zhongguancun Science City, Hillhouse Capital, Qiming Venture Partners, and Junlian Capital, as well as internet giants Meituan, Alibaba, Tencent, and Xiaomi.

On September 4, 2024, the Beijing ZhiYuan Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (BAAI) announced the launch of the world's first model combat evaluation service featuring text-to-video, called FlagEval Large Model Arena. This service is open to users and covers approximately 40 large models from both domestic and international sources, supporting customizable online or offline evaluations for four major tasks: language Q&A, multimodal image and text understanding, text-to-image, and text-to-video.

At the 2nd Cybersecurity (Tianjin) Forum held on September 4, 2024, Zhou Hongyi, the founder of 360 Group, delivered a speech titled 'Building a Security Large Model, Reshaping Security with AI', sharing his insights on the cybersecurity landscape in the era of large AI models and introducing 360 Group's practices and achievements in this field.

Bilibili content creator 'Geek Bay' released a video on the AI homework writing robot 'Dream Weaver', sparking heated discussions online. This robot can automatically answer various academic questions using an AI large model, mimicking handwriting and even turning pages to flatten book pages, showcasing a 'humanized' design. After months of development, the tool was upgraded from version 1.0 to 2.0, featuring a CoreXY structure and advanced AI model, which enhanced its stability and accuracy. Although there is still room for improvement in its efficiency, it presents new possibilities to alleviate students' homework burdens. However, this invention has also raised concerns about the essence of education.

Baidu announced a major update to its artificial intelligence application 'Wenyin Yiyan' App, launching a brand new version 4.0.0 and officially renaming it 'Wenxiaoyan'. The Wenxiaoyan App's features have been significantly enhanced, providing a richer array of usage scenarios. It is based on Baidu's Wenyin large model, offering users various AI capabilities such as search, creation, and chatting. As a special anniversary upgrade, the Wenxiaoyan App introduces five core scenario capabilities, including questioning, conversational companionship, article writing, image creation, and task assignment.