In the context of intensifying global competition in artificial intelligence (AI), Skype co-founder Niklas Zennström is optimistic about Europe's future. He believes that despite the dominance of the United States in this field, Europe can still find its own path to survival and development by developing applications based on AI models. Image credit: Image generated by AI, image authorized by service provider Midjourney. Zennström pointed out that AI has already become essential in various industries.

The Encode organization has recently requested court support against OpenAI's plans to transition into a for-profit entity. Encode is a nonprofit organization and a co-sponsor of California's Artificial Intelligence Safety Act. The organization's lawyers stated in a brief that OpenAI's transformation would "undermine" its original mission to develop and deploy artificial intelligence technologies in a safe and beneficial manner for the public. Encode's founder and president, Sneha Revanur, accused Open

For me, experimenting with AI has become a hobby and a part of my work. I had previously used AI to quickly find recipes, but this time, I decided to take on a challenge to see if it could customize a week's worth of dinners for me, considering whether I was cooking for myself and my wife or dining alone. I consider myself somewhat knowledgeable in cooking, although my skills are nowhere near my wife's (whose family has appeared on a cooking show). Nevertheless, I was amazed by the new culinary possibilities that AI (this time ChatGPT) opened up for me, even though there were some 'traps' to be aware of.

According to Securities Times, Lei Jun, the founder of Xiaomi, successfully recruited Luo Fuli, one of the key developers of the open-source large model DeepSeek-V2, with a salary of millions, to lead Xiaomi's AI large model team. This move has attracted widespread attention in the industry and marks a strategic acceleration for Xiaomi in the field of artificial intelligence. Luo Fuli, a post-95 AI genius, graduated from Beijing Normal University and Peking University. In 2019, she became a focal point in academia by publishing eight papers at the top AI conference ACL.

As we approach 2025, the AI battleground in Silicon Valley has already ignited. At the annual strategy meeting, Google CEO Sundar Pichai issued a resounding call to all employees: 2025 will be a pivotal year! He emphasized that Google must move at an unprecedented pace, as this is not just a technological contest but a disruptive moment that will shape the future of AI. This statement is undoubtedly a response to the fierce competition between Google and OpenAI. Since the arrival of ChatGPT, Google's leading position in the AI field has faced unprecedented challenges.

In the upcoming annual summary live stream, Xiaomi President Lu Weibing will highlight the latest updates of Xiaomi Surging OS 2. This update marks the first major version upgrade since the release of Surging OS 2, with the most notable feature being the debut of the Super Xiao Ai functionality for official users. Lu Weibing revealed that the updates will be rolled out in batches, targeting different models for adaptation and distribution, with specific upgrade plans expected to be announced during tonight's live stream.

Despite the overall risk investment trend in Europe stabilizing, the vigorous development of AI startups may be overlooked. According to data from venture capital firms Balderton Capital and Dealroom, this year 25% of venture capital in Europe (approximately $13.7 billion) has flowed into AI startups, compared to just 15% four years ago. This has led to the emergence of several new unicorns, such as Poolside and Wayve. James Wise, a general partner at Balderton Capital, stated that...

Li Auto's CEO, Li Xiang, recently announced at the 2024 Li Auto AI Talk that the 'Li Xiang Classmate' AI model app will officially launch on December 27th. This app will extend Li Auto's smart experience from cars to users' mobile devices, creating a more convenient and intelligent life assistant. Well-known tech blogger 'Flag Super Intelligence' has already experienced the app's beta version and praised its powerful features. It is reported that this app can not only answer user questions in real-time but also accurately recognize objects.

With the development of digital art, automated image processing technology has received increasing attention. Recently, a research team from Tsinghua University and Tencent's ARC Lab proposed a novel image sequence coloring model called ColorFlow. This model aims to address the challenge of maintaining consistency in character and object identity while coloring black and white image sequences, fulfilling the practical needs of industries such as comics and animation. ColorFlow is a three-stage diffusion base framework that leverages contextual information by utilizing a reference image pool for black and white.