On March 6th, the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence (BAAI) announced the open-sourcing of its multimodal vector model, BGE-VL. This achievement marks a significant breakthrough in the field of multimodal retrieval. The BGE-VL model achieves state-of-the-art results on various multimodal retrieval tasks, including image-text retrieval and compositional image retrieval, significantly improving the performance of multimodal retrieval.

Samsung recently announced that the Galaxy S25 series launched in the Chinese market will now integrate the DeepSeek-R1 large language model, significantly enhancing its AI functionality. According to Samsung China, users can access features including in-depth reasoning, internet search, emotional intelligence, contextual memory, and visual analysis without downloading additional apps or registering accounts. Simply update the Samsung Members app to the latest version or access DeepSeek-R1 through Samsung's Smart Home or Bixby's SmartThings.

In recent years, significant progress has been made in artificial intelligence technology, but challenges still exist between computational efficiency and multi-functionality. Many advanced multi-modal models, such as GPT-4, typically require substantial computational resources, limiting their use on high-end servers and making it difficult for intelligent technologies to be effectively utilized on edge devices like smartphones and tablets. Furthermore, real-time processing of tasks such as video analysis or speech-to-text still faces technical barriers, highlighting the need for efficient and flexible AI models to achieve seamless performance under limited hardware conditions.

Recently, Alibaba Damo Academy launched a multi-modal large language model named Valley 2, designed for e-commerce scenarios. It aims to enhance performance across various fields and expand the application boundaries of e-commerce and short video scenarios through a scalable vision-language architecture. Valley 2 utilizes Qwen 2.5 as its LLM backbone, paired with the SigLIP-384 visual encoder, incorporating MLP layers and convolution for efficient feature transformation.

The Alibaba Cloud Bairen Model Service Platform recently launched the 'Real-Time Audio and Video Interaction' feature, enabling users to easily build multi-modal AI applications without the need for programming knowledge. This new feature allows users to quickly integrate AI models into Web, iOS, and Android applications and share them with others. Users can create intelligent agent applications through simple steps: first, create a new intelligent agent application, then select and configure the required text, speech, or visual understanding models on the Alibaba Cloud Bairen platform. The platform offers over 200 large models, including

Recently, a research team from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Sony AI, and Sony Group introduced a new technology called MMAudio, which aims to achieve high-quality audio synthesis from videos through multi-modal joint training. The core innovation of MMAudio is its ability to generate synchronized audio using video and text inputs, thereby expanding the application scenarios for audio generation. MMAudio is designed to support generating sound effects that align with video content from either video or text inputs.

Amazon has been reported to be developing a multi-modal large language model named 'Olympus', which is expected to be officially announced at the AWS re:Invent conference next week. According to The Information, the internal code name for this algorithm is 'Olympus'. Last November, Reuters reported that Amazon had invested millions of dollars in training a large language model named 'Olympus', with a parameter count reaching 2 trillion.

At last night's press conference, 360 introduced an innovative multi-modal content creation engine called 'Nano Search.' The design philosophy of this engine is simplicity and ease of use, making it suitable for users of all ages, from 5-year-old children to 80-year-old seniors. It enables a one-stop solution for searching, learning, writing, and creating, allowing everyone to become a content creator.

Beijing Aishi Technology Co., Ltd. has announced the global release of its latest version of the video generation large model, PixVerse V3. This version has made significant improvements in its underlying model capabilities, offering multimodal generation abilities and a wealth of AI features, including creative templates, lip synchronization, story continuation, and style transformation.

In today's rapidly advancing field of artificial intelligence, a multi-modal large language model named ORYX is quietly transforming our understanding of AI's ability to perceive the visual world. This AI system, developed collaboratively by researchers from Tsinghua University, Tencent, and Nanyang Technological University, is regarded as the 'Transformers' of visual processing. ORYX, short for Oryx Multi-Modal Large Language Models, is an AI model specifically designed for processing images, videos, and 3D scene time-space understanding.

On September 26, the smart robotics company "Blue Technology" launched the new quadruped robot BabyAlpha A2, stirring a whirlwind in the domestic smart home market with its multi-modal interaction capabilities and approachable price. BabyAlpha A2 is not only an aesthetically pleasing intelligent companion but also a pioneer in home intelligence. As the country's first AI quadruped robot with multi-modal interaction capabilities, it opens the door to smart living for ordinary households with a price of under 10,000 yuan. This robot integrates multiple advanced features, including unique...

On September 21, 2024, Alibaba announced several technological innovations and business developments at the Yunqi Conference in Hangzhou. Among these, the Modao community officially launched the AIGC section, aimed at providing developers with a comprehensive AI creation and development platform. This platform currently offers all functional areas and GPU computing power for free, with the first batch featuring 157 selected multi-modal models, including popular community models and various stylized LoRa models contributed by designers.

MiniMax Xiyu Technology recently announced that since its establishment at the end of 2021, it has built trillion-parameter MoE large text models, speech models, and image models. It has also launched native applications such as Xingye and Hailuo AI, while providing an open platform API service for enterprises and developers.