On Friday evening, OpenAI's popular chatbot ChatGPT faced a severe service interruption, impacting thousands of users. According to data from the outage tracking platform Downdetector.com, as of 7:13 PM Eastern Time, over 19,400 users reported being unable to access this widely-used AI service. In response, OpenAI swiftly issued a statement confirming they are aware of the issue and are actively investigating its cause.

Recently, researchers from Stanford University and the University of Hong Kong discovered that current AI Agents (such as Claude) are more easily disrupted by pop-ups than humans, with significantly reduced performance even when faced with simple pop-ups. According to the study, AI Agents achieved an average attack success rate of 86% when confronted with deliberately designed pop-ups in experimental environments, leading to a 47% decrease in task success rate. This finding has sparked new concerns regarding the safety of AI Agents, especially as they are assigned more autonomous tasks.

At an auction in New York, a painting created by a humanoid robot was successfully sold for $1.08 million (approximately £566,000, AU$1,630,000), making it the first piece of robot art to be sold at auction. The painting, titled "A.I. God. Portrait of Alan Turing," depicts the famous mathematician Alan Turing and stands 2.2 meters (7.5 feet) tall, exceeding pre-auction estimates of $120,000 to $180,000.

Tech giant Microsoft has recently launched an AI chat assistant for its Xbox gaming console, officially ushering in an era of AI in its gaming business. This move coincides with the release of Sony's PS5 Pro, which features the next-generation AI super resolution technology, intensifying the AI competition in the gaming console sector. According to tech media The Verge, this new virtual assistant is primarily aimed at online customer support. This is the latest action taken by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to advance the company's AI strategy, as Xbox has previously maintained a relatively cautious distance from AI.

According to the latest report from the Tony Blair Institute, artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to replace between 1 million and 3 million jobs in the UK private sector. However, despite a certain degree of unemployment in the short term, in the long run, the increase in unemployment will likely be limited to several hundred thousand, as the emergence of new technologies will create new job opportunities. The institute predicts that in the coming decades, between 60,000 and 275,000 jobs will be replaced each year.

Today, the Zhipu Technology team released its latest video generation model, CogVideoX v1.5, and made it open source. This version is another significant advancement in the CogVideoX series launched by the Zhipu Technology team since August. The update greatly enhances video generation capabilities, including support for 5-second and 10-second video lengths, 768P resolution, and the ability to generate 16 frames. Additionally, the I2V (Image-to-Video) model supports arbitrary aspect ratios, further improving the understanding of complex semantics.

Beijing Zhizhu Huazhang Technology Co., Ltd. announced that its CogVideoX series models have launched the latest version - CogVideoX v1.5, which is now open source. Since its release in early August, this series of models has become a leader in the video generation field due to its industry-leading technology and developer-friendly features. The new version, CogVideoX v1.5, has been significantly upgraded, enhancing video generation capabilities and now supports 5/10 second, 768P, 16-frame video generation.

Recently, Cerence Inc. established a new partnership with Kawasaki Motors to transform the user experience of its two-wheeled vehicle lineup. By integrating the company’s Cerence Ride platform designed for two-wheelers, Kawasaki will provide riders with the information they need through an intuitive voice AI assistant that accesses navigation, vehicle controls, and cloud applications. As fuel prices rise and urban traffic congestion increases, two-wheelers are becoming more popular, highlighting the growing demand for riders to access information on the go.

Recently, the Southern District Court of New York dismissed the copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI filed by Raw Story Media, Inc. and AlterNet Media, Inc., stating that the case lacked standing. This ruling marks an important victory for OpenAI in the legal disputes between AI and copyright, providing a reference for handling similar cases in the future. Raw Story and AlterNet are two online news outlets primarily focused on leftist perspectives.

At the upcoming Baidu World Conference on November 12, Xiaodu will unveil its latest 'New Species of AI', marking a new exploration for the company in the integration of artificial intelligence and hardware. All Xiaodu products are now equipped with large model technology, significantly enhancing their intelligence across multiple dimensions such as understanding, generation, and memory. Particularly in the area of AI dialogue, Xiaodu has increased interaction rounds with users by seven times, demonstrating a major advancement in its interactive capabilities.

Recently, a startup in Seattle named Moondream launched a compact visual language model called moondream2. Despite its small size, the model has shown outstanding performance in various benchmark tests and has garnered significant attention. As an open-source model, moondream2 is expected to enable local image recognition capabilities on smartphones. Moondream2 was officially released in March and can process both text and image inputs, possessing functions such as answering questions, text extraction (OCR), object counting, and item classification.

French AI newcomer Mistral AI recently launched a new content moderation API service, highlighting its ambition in the global AI field and demonstrating deep thought on AI safety governance. This moderation system, built on the Ministral8B model, can accurately identify nine categories of potentially harmful content, including sexual content, hate speech, violence, dangerous activities, and personal identity information. Notably, the API supports 11 major languages, including Arabic, Chinese, English, French, and more.

Recently, a study conducted jointly by Ruhr University Bochum, GESIS Leibniz Institute, and CISPA Helmholtz Center revealed that accounts on X (formerly Twitter) using AI-generated avatars only account for 0.052% of all accounts. Researchers analyzed nearly 15 million X accounts and found that 7,723 accounts used AI-generated avatars. Image source note: Image generated by AI, image authorized by service provider Midjourney. These accounts exhibited significant characteristics.

Recently, a new study from the University of Michigan found that an energy-efficient method for training large language models can achieve similar results in the same amount of time while reducing energy consumption by 30%. This method can save enough energy to power 1.1 million American households by 2026. The researchers developed a software tool named Perseus that identifies the critical path, which is a series of subtasks requiring the longest time to complete. Then, Perseus reduces the processor speed on non-critical paths so that all tasks can finish simultaneously.

Recently, scientists have successfully developed a new device called the 'Electronic Tongue'. This device utilizes artificial intelligence technology to accurately differentiate between various coffee blends and has the ability to detect whether food and beverages are about to spoil. With the continuous advancement of technology, this new invention provides a novel solution for food testing and quality control. The 'Electronic Tongue' mimics human taste, using sensors to perceive the chemical components of different substances to determine their flavor. Compared to traditional taste testing methods, the Electronic Tongue not only...

Recently, Xiaomi officially announced the large model upgrade of Xiao Ai's music capabilities, introducing a brand new 'Music Q&A' function, which is now supported on multiple devices! This feature is compatible with various devices, including smartphones and in-car devices. Users simply need to upgrade Xiao Ai's large model to the latest version to experience this new function. According to Xiaomi, the 'Music Q&A' function leverages enhanced artificial intelligence capabilities to assist users in querying song information and answering professional music knowledge. Whether on smartphones or in-car devices, users can easily interact with Xiao Ai.

Recently, Kling introduced a brand new "Custom Models" feature, a significant update that will thoroughly address the technical challenges of character consistency in AI video generation. Based on feedback from early testing users on the platform, this feature allows creators to upload 10 to 30 different video clips for model training, with each clip requiring at least 10 seconds. Unlike traditional models that rely solely on image training, KLING innovatively utilizes video materials as the training basis and even supports using AI-generated videos created by Kling for training.