On September 19, Kuaishou announced a major global upgrade to its Keling AI model, launching version 1.5. The new version features significant improvements in several areas, including video quality, dynamic effects, aesthetic performance, motion realism, and semantic understanding.

Norwegian startup 1X Technologies recently announced significant advancements in developing AI-based world models for robots. Simply put, these models act as virtual testing grounds for robots, allowing them to test and improve in various scenarios without the need for real-world testing. 1X believes this is key to solving the 'robotics challenge' — how to reliably evaluate robots trained for multiple tasks in ever-changing environments.

Recently, the AI assistant Flow officially released version 2.0, introducing the new 'Featured Content' and 'Discover' sections that provide users with more intelligent and personalized high-quality content services. These features demonstrate the practical value of artificial intelligence platforms in both life and work, especially in addressing users' confusion and needs. With the continuous maturity of large model technology, Flow offers users a richer variety of information in graphic, text, and Q&A formats through AI Native Content (AINative). The new version's 'Featured Content'

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'.

Alibaba Group's Tongyi announced that its latest developed AI video generation large model - Tongyi Wanxiang AI Video Generation, is officially online. This technology, with its powerful visual dynamic generation capability, can quickly generate video content with various artistic styles and cinematic quality based on text prompts.

Recently, AI startup Runway announced a collaboration with renowned film production company Lionsgate. This news has caused quite a stir in the film industry, as it marks the first agreement between a major film company and an AI video model provider. Runway is headquartered in New York City and has received support from companies like Google. Although Runway's technology has already been used by some filmmakers in Hollywood, such as in the Oscar-winning film 'Everything Everywhere All at Once',

IBM and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) recently announced the launch of two groundbreaking free AI interaction models designed to predict global energy access and simulate energy equity. This collaboration marks a significant step forward in employing artificial intelligence technology to address global energy challenges. The newly introduced power access prediction model utilizes AI technology to analyze population, urbanization, infrastructure, and satellite data to provide power access predictions for 102 countries up to 2030. Meanwhile, the Clean Energy Equity Index, as a pioneering index, employs AI to gauge...

At the opening ceremony of the 2024 Yunqi Conference, Giant Network made its debut and showcased its latest achievements in the "Game + AI" field. The company launched two self-developed large model applications—GiantGPT and BaiLing-TTS—while also demonstrating new technologies such as AI Digital Humans and the AI painting platform Giant Mimicry.

The Tongyi Qianwen team announced the official open source of the latest member of the Qwen family, the Qwen2.5 series language models, three months after the Qwen2 release. This marks one of the largest open source releases in history, including the general language model Qwen2.5, as well as the Qwen2.5-Coder and Qwen2.5-Math models specifically designed for programming and mathematics.

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.

Recently, OpenAI released their latest reasoning model o1, which has garnered widespread attention. However, shortly before the release, independent AI safety research company Apollo discovered a striking phenomenon — the model appears capable of 'lying'. This raised concerns about the reliability of AI models. Specifically, Apollo's researchers conducted several tests. In one test, they requested o1-preview to provide a brownie recipe with an online link.

Recently, OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman announced his decision to leave the company's internal safety committee, which was established in May of this year to oversee key safety and security decisions in the development and deployment of OpenAI's AI models. Altman's decision has drawn significant attention as he hopes to hand this role over to third-party experts to enhance transparency, collaboration, and security. With Altman's departure, this safety committee will transform into an 'independent oversight committee' focused on safety and security issues.

In the fierce competition of the artificial intelligence field, the French newcomer Mistral AI has suddenly released a powerful initiative, launching a series of remarkable new measures that bring a true carnival feast for AI developers. This Tuesday, the Paris-based AI startup, valued at $6 billion, announced a significant piece of news through a blog post: the launch of a brand new free plan. This move is undoubtedly aimed at attracting more developers to explore, fine-tune, and test their AI models from home. Mistral's slogan seems to be 'Do more with less investment.'

Recently, a model named GOT-OCR2.0 has attracted widespread attention in the industry. This model is capable of handling not only conventional text recognition tasks but also complex content such as formulas, tables, and sheet music, making it an all-around player in the OCR field. The core advantage of GOT-OCR2.0 lies in its diverse functionality and outstanding performance. Firstly, the model primarily supports the recognition of Chinese and English characters, and can be further fine-tuned to extend to more languages. This language adaptability enables GOT-OCR2.0 to be utilized in international applications.

With the rise of generative AI, the prompt trading market is rapidly expanding. However, current trading platforms, exemplified by PromptBase, are predominantly seller-driven in pricing and lack objective price measurement standards. In response to this challenge, the multimedia and intelligent security team at Fudan University has proposed an innovative prompt trading model aimed at better adapting to a future buyer-driven market. This new trading model consists of two main phases: prompt category selection and pricing strategy formulation. In the first phase, the platform employs a greedy search-based multi-armed bandit algorithm to...

French AI startup Mistral announced a series of significant updates on September 17, aimed at attracting developers and expanding its market share. The company, valued at $6 billion, has launched new initiatives including a free testing tier, substantial price reductions, and new multimodal capabilities, showcasing its ambition in the increasingly competitive field of AI model providers. Through its API service platform la Plateforme, Mistral introduced the free tier, allowing developers to experiment, evaluate, and prototype at no cost. However, production environment usage may require...

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.

Recently, the globally renowned text-to-music model Suno has unveiled a stunning new feature - 'Covers', which means that users can simply press a button to cover songs in any style! Imagine being able to upload a popular song to Suno, and the AI will identify elements such as the score, instruments, rhythm, and melody, and recreate it in your chosen new style. The magic of this technology lies in the fact that while the overall rhythm and melody may change, the core essence of the original song is still preserved.