Biotech startup Chai Discovery has launched the AI model Chai-1, aimed at predicting molecular structures to aid drug development. This model surpasses Google's DeepMind AlphaFold in accuracy and has been supported by OpenAI and Thrive Capital. Chai-1's free web interface and open-source code encourage non-commercial research. The model excels in predicting various types of molecules, particularly demonstrating unexpected accuracy when data is incomplete, contributing significantly to drug development.

In the context of the rapid development of AI technology, prompt engineering has become a critical skill. By cleverly designing prompts, users can guide AI to better understand human intentions and improve the accuracy of AI responses. However, this process poses significant challenges for average users. To address this issue, a team of scientists from Peking University and Baichuan Technology has jointly developed the PAS (Prompt Augmentation System), an intelligent prompting enhancement system based on large language models. PAS improves data utilization, compatibility, and flexibility.

iOS 18 will officially launch on September 16, introducing various personalization and functionality updates. Users can customize their home and lock screens, with new password management and satellite messaging features enhancing security and convenience. The new version includes a redesigned control center, enhanced text effects in messages, a revamped photo app, and optimized email management. Apple Intelligence and conversational Siri will be introduced in the public beta of iOS 18.1 in October. macOS Sequoia, watchOS 1.

HyperWrite Inc. announces the launch of the Reflection 70B model based on Meta's open-source Llama3.1-70B Instruct. This model has excelled in third-party benchmark tests and has been described as the 'most powerful open-source AI model in the world.' The new model features self-correction technology, providing high-accuracy answers and outperforming the Meta Llama series in several tests. It is available for download on the Hugging Face platform via Hyperbolic La.

OpenAI's paid business segment has reached a significant milestone, with the number of paid commercial users for its ChatGPT Enterprise, Team, and Edu products surpassing one million, marking a substantial increase since April. This reflects strong market demand for generative AI technology. Survey data indicates that enterprise users have achieved notable improvements in productivity, time savings, and innovation, particularly in areas such as research gathering, content drafting and editing, and creative brainstorming. Additionally, user growth has been particularly rapid in international markets such as Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom.

At the 2nd Cybersecurity (Tianjin) Forum held on September 4, 2024, Zhou Hongyi, the founder of 360 Group, delivered a speech titled 'Building a Security Large Model, Reshaping Security with AI', sharing his insights on the cybersecurity landscape in the era of large AI models and introducing 360 Group's practices and achievements in this field.

SenseTime's performance report for the first half of 2024 showcases strong capabilities in the AI sector, particularly with a 256% year-over-year growth in its generative AI business, which for the first time surpassed traditional AI, accounting for 60% of total revenue. Total revenue reached 1.74 billion yuan, a 21% increase year-over-year, although the net loss was 2.47 billion yuan, with the loss margin narrowed by 21% compared to the previous year. The impressive performance of the generative AI business marks a strategic shift in the company's focus, with significant technical strength as its large model 'Ri Ri Xin' outperformed GPT-4Tu in several evaluations.

The California Senate has passed Bill AB2602, aimed at protecting performers from unauthorized artificial intelligence digital replicas. It requires explicit consent before using a performer’s digital likeness. The bill is similar to SAG-AFTRA's contract from last year and extends protections to other performance forms such as video games, audiobooks, and advertisements, including non-union work. It passed both the House and Senate with strong support and will be reviewed again before being sent to the governor. SAG-AFTRA is also advocating for the federal 'No Fakes Act'.

'Shan Hai Jing', as an ancient cultural treasure of China, has recently been revitalized through AI technology on Douyin, attracting widespread attention. The video 'Nanshan Yijing - Part One', created by the blogger 'AI Insanity', was completed in just 8 days, featuring exquisite visuals and a precise restoration of the original 'Shan Hai Jing'. It blends documentary and popular science elements, incorporating distinctive Chinese geographical features and referencing the research of mythologist Yuan Ke to strive to showcase the atmosphere of the ancient world. This innovative attempt has received high praise, with some even claiming that its quality surpasses traditional production standards. This phenomenon highlights

According to the evaluation results from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, Baidu Smart Cloud's Keway intelligent customer service product received the highest rating in the first batch of 'Intelligent Customer Service Based on Large Models,' marking authoritative recognition of Baidu's technical strength and application practices in this field. Intelligent customer service, as an important application of artificial intelligence, holds significant importance for industries such as finance, government, and telecommunications, helping institutions achieve cost reduction and efficiency enhancement. Keway, as the country's first intelligent customer service product based on large models, offers advantages such as comprehensive functionality, superior performance, and mature systems, efficiently solving complex problems and enhancing problem-solving autonomy.

Anthropic's artificial intelligence app Claude has surpassed $1 million in mobile revenue in just 16 weeks, with U.S. users contributing nearly half of the revenue. Despite lagging behind ChatGPT in download numbers, Claude reached the million-dollar revenue milestone at a rapid pace. Market distribution shows that U.S. users contribute the most, facing competition from the upcoming Apple Intelligence and Siri users who will have direct access to ChatGPT.

During the themed event on 'The Deep Empowerment of AI Technology in Primary and Secondary Education', Li Ying, CEO of Baidu Xiao Du Technology, shared the latest developments in Xiao Du's education business. As of July 2024, the Xiao Du Learning Machine has surpassed 2 million cumulative users, with more than 50% being daily active users, indicating its popularity. The usage rate of AI teachers has increased by 3.5 times compared to traditional methods, with users spending an additional 25% time on the learning machine, totaling 114 minutes per day. Notably, during the immersive interactive preview section for Chinese language, the average usage time reached 22 minutes.

The Realme 13 Pro series is set to launch, featuring groundbreaking performance and photography capabilities. Its AI Ultra Clear function can instantly optimize blurry photos to ultra-clear quality, catering to the needs of photography enthusiasts. The Realme 13 Pro+ is specially equipped with a 50MP LYT600 periscope telephoto lens, supporting 3x optical zoom and 120x digital zoom to adapt to various shooting scenarios. Powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen2 processor, it ensures efficient performance, combined with a 5200mAh large-capacity battery and 80W fast charging technology to ensure long-lasting endurance.

Microsoft has released three new AI models aimed at enhancing its leadership in the multilingual and multimodal fields. The Phi-3.5 Mini Instruct is a lightweight model suitable for task execution, code generation, and logical reasoning, excelling particularly in multilingual and multi-turn conversations. The Phi-3.5 MoE (Mixture of Experts) model is rich in parameters and supports various inference tasks, especially outperforming peers in code, mathematics, and multilingual understanding. The Phi-3.5 Vision Instruct integrates text and image processing capabilities.

Chinese autonomous vehicle company WeRide has made significant progress in California, obtaining a permit for self-driving vehicle testing that allows passenger rides on public roads, although currently it is not permitted to charge fees or offer services to the public. WeRide had previously obtained a permit in 2021 to test autonomous vehicles without passengers on public roads. However, the company's commercialization progress in California appears to be slow, with its autonomous driving mileage in 2023 far below that of competitor Waymo. WeRide is preparing to raise nearly $5 billion.

The Sinan OpenCompass team at the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory has collaborated with the Modao ModelScope to launch the Compass Multi-Modal Arena, a new section of a large model evaluation platform focusing on multi-modal large models. Users can upload images and input questions to have two anonymous multi-modal large models generate answers, which can then be subjectively evaluated based on the quality of the generated content, allowing users to select the better-performing model. The platform offers an easy-to-use interface and a unique question bank.

Alibaba recently launched the new open-source voice model Qwen2-Audio, which excels in speech recognition, translation, and audio analysis, achieving significant performance improvements. Qwen2-Audio offers a basic version and an instruction fine-tuning version, supporting multiple languages such as Chinese, Cantonese, French, English, and Japanese, facilitating sentiment analysis and translation applications. Compared to Qwen-Audio, Qwen2-Audio features comprehensive optimizations in architecture and performance, utilizing more natural language prompts during the pre-training phase.

Aliyun has launched the Qwen2-Math series of large language models, focusing on mathematical problem-solving abilities that surpass existing open-source models and rival well-known closed-source models, including GPT-4, Claude-3.5-Sonnet, Gemini-1.5-Pro, and Llama-3.1-405B. This series is based on the Qwen2 model, which has undergone deep pre-training on a specialized mathematical corpus that includes mathematical web texts, professional books, code examples, and exam questions, as well as data autonomously generated by Qwen2.

The medical large model 'Da Yi' developed by SenseTime Medical has successfully passed the algorithm filing by the National Cyberspace Administration. This filing marks the authoritative recognition of 'Da Yi's' compliance and safety, and highlights a key progress in its technological application. The model is based on the large language model 'Ri Ri Xin · Shang Liang' with a scale of hundreds of billions of parameters.

Samsung Electronics' fifth-generation high bandwidth memory (HBM) chip, HBM3E, has passed Nvidia's testing and is qualified for use in artificial intelligence processors. Although the two parties have yet to sign a formal agreement, a supply agreement is expected to be reached soon, with supply anticipated to begin in the fourth quarter of 2024. This achievement represents a key breakthrough for Samsung in competing with local rival SK Hynix. However, Samsung's 12-layer HBM3E chip failed to pass testing, prompting the company to make adjustments to the design in order to address issues related to heat and power consumption.