South Korean media reports that FuriosaAI, a startup specializing in AI application chips, recently rejected an $800 million acquisition offer from tech giant Meta. FuriosaAI stated it will continue focusing on independent R&D and production of its AI chips. The report indicates that the breakdown of acquisition talks stemmed from disagreements on business strategy and organizational structure, not the acquisition price itself. Similar to many tech companies building large language models (LLMs), Meta...

Alibaba has open-sourced Babel, a powerful multilingual large language model capable of supporting 25 languages and impacting nearly 90% of the world's population. This release aims to democratize access to advanced AI technologies globally.

In the AI industry, Together AI recently announced the completion of a $305 million Series B funding round, which has garnered widespread attention. The company's rise is closely related to its newly launched deep reasoning model, DeepSeek-R1. Contrary to initial concerns, many industry experts believe that advancements in deep reasoning have not diminished the demand for infrastructure; rather, they are continuously enhancing this demand. Image source note: Image generated by AI, image licensed from service provider Midjourney since its establishment in 2023.

On February 17, the Opera team under Kunlun Wanwei integrated the DeepSeek R1 series models into Opera Developer, achieving local personalized deployment. This move marks a further expansion of Opera in the application of AI technology, providing users with more powerful local AI capabilities.