Recently, the latest artificial intelligence model Grok3 launched by xAI quickly climbed to the top of the App Store in the United States, becoming a hot topic among users. Behind this achievement, in addition to Grok3's powerful features, are the outstanding contributions of two Chinese scholars. They are Assistant Professor Jimmy Ba from the University of Toronto and Tony Wu, co-founder of xAI. It is worth noting that Tony Wu is not only the only post-95 scholar in the team, but his academic background and development experience are also impressive.

On February 21, 2025, Beijing time, the DeepSeek AI team, focused on exploring Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), made an exciting announcement on social media, officially kicking off their participation in the #OpenSourceWeek event. This small yet ambitious tech team announced that starting next week, they will open source five code repositories to share their research progress transparently with the global developer community.

An innovative video generation technology, FlashVideo, has recently announced its open-source release. This framework cleverly addresses the balance between speed and quality in AI video generation through a unique two-stage design. FlashVideo employs an approach similar to LQIP (Low-Quality Image Placeholder) used in web front-end development by dividing the video generation process into two stages: preview and quality enhancement. In the preview stage, the system can quickly generate video drafts at a very low computational cost, providing users with instant feedback and significantly improving the user experience and commercial application feasibility.

Recently, Schibsted Media Group announced a partnership with OpenAI, aimed at integrating the content from its well-known publications into OpenAI's products, including the popular chatbot ChatGPT. This collaboration will involve several key newspapers under Schibsted, such as Norway's VG, Aftenposten, as well as Sweden's Aftonbladet and Svenska Dagbladet. Through this partnership, Chat

Recently, Haier Group announced that its three major intelligent models have successfully connected to DeepSeek, further promoting innovation and development in smart appliances. The open-source DeepSeek-R1 has attracted widespread attention from global users and developers, and based on this, Haier has established the National High-end Intelligent Home Appliance Innovation Center, which has launched the National Innovation Large Model Platform. This platform aims to address complex business scenarios and professional demands through an advanced technical architecture and algorithmic system, achieving intelligent collaboration and dynamic resource allocation among multiple large models.

Recently, the domestic large model DeepSeek has gone viral across the internet, becoming the focus of global tech markets due to its technological advantages of 'low cost and high performance.' Founder Liang Wenfeng mentioned that the team is primarily composed of graduates and doctoral students from domestic universities. The impressive innovative achievements indicate that today's China is becoming fertile ground for top talent and a source of original innovation. According to Qichacha data, as of February 6, there have been a total of 16,400 patent applications related to large models. In terms of application years, these patents have been predominantly filed in the last two years.

Recently, enterprise resource planning software company Workday Inc. announced it will lay off approximately 8.5% of its workforce, or 1,760 positions, in order to drive company growth and increase investment in artificial intelligence. This news was communicated to all employees through a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, with CEO Carl Eschenbach noting in a memo that Workday is at a 'critical moment' as various industries are rethinking how work is done, and the growing demand for artificial intelligence presents new opportunities for the company.

Recently, several Chinese cloud service platforms have launched the DeepSeek large model, marking the widespread application of this emerging technology in the country. Companies participating in this launch include Baidu Intelligent Cloud, Huawei Cloud, Aliyun, Tencent Cloud, 360 Digital Security, and Cloudaxis Technology, allowing users to experience advanced models such as DeepSeek-R1 and DeepSeek-V3 on major platforms. On the day of the launch conference, Baidu Intelligent Cloud announced that its Qianfan platform has officially listed DeepSeek-R1 and DeepS.

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Arthur Mensch, co-founder and CEO of the renowned French AI startup Mistral, stated that the company is fully committed to achieving its goal of an initial public offering (IPO). Founded in 2023 by researchers from tech giants like Google DeepMind and Meta, Mistral has rapidly risen in just two years, releasing a series of open-source AI models and launching chatbot-like technology.

On January 20th, SenseTime announced that its 'SenseNova-5o Interactive Version' is officially providing real-time audio and video conversation services, available to users for free for a limited time. The release of this interactive version marks another significant advancement for SenseTime in the field of artificial intelligence, aiming to enable more natural and smoother communication between AI and humans through powerful real-time interaction, visual recognition, memory thinking, and complex reasoning capabilities.

Microsoft Research has launched a powerful AI system called MatterGen that can generate new materials with specific properties, potentially accelerating the development of key technologies such as batteries and solar panels. The introduction of MatterGen signifies a fundamental shift in how scientists discover new materials. Unlike traditional methods that screen millions of existing compounds, MatterGen directly generates new materials based on desired characteristics, akin to how AI image generators create visuals from textual descriptions.

The Alibaba Qwen team recently published a paper titled 'Lessons Learned from the Development of Process Reward Models in Mathematical Reasoning' and introduced two new models in the Qwen2.5-Math-PRM series, featuring 7B and 72B parameters respectively. These models break through the limitations of the existing PRM framework in mathematical reasoning, significantly improving the accuracy and generalization ability of reasoning models through innovative techniques. Mathematical reasoning has long been a major challenge for large language models (LLMs), especially regarding errors in intermediate reasoning steps.

In the healthcare sector, artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming an attractive solution to enhance efficiency in clinical, research, and administrative tasks. Recently, healthcare technology startup Qventus successfully completed a $105 million Series D funding round, further solidifying its position in the AI healthcare field. This round was led by KKR and included $85 million in equity financing and $20 million in optional debt. Qventus's CEO and co-founder Mudit G...