OpenAI has made its latest AI models o1-preview and o1-mini available to all ChatGPT Enterprise and ChatGPT Edu customers. These models are designed to handle complex reasoning tasks and are expected to transform the way organizations and academic institutions tackle challenges, covering various fields from advanced programming to scientific research. The o1 models were first unveiled earlier this month, representing OpenAI's advancements in creating AI capable of deep multi-step reasoning.

Recently, U.S. officials announced that a global Artificial Intelligence (AI) Safety Summit will be hosted in San Francisco in November. As AI technology advances rapidly, governments around the world are striving to keep pace with this change. The summit will be co-chaired by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and is scheduled for November 20-21. Raimondo stated in a release, 'As AI develops rapidly, we are doing everything we can.' She noted the importance of close international collaboration and thoughtful coordination.

Recently, Johns Hopkins University and Tencent AI Lab jointly launched a new text-to-audio generation model named EzAudio. This technology promises unprecedented efficiency and high-quality text-to-speech conversion, marking a significant leap in artificial intelligence and audio technology. EzAudio operates by utilizing the latent space of audio waveforms instead of traditional spectrograms, an innovation that allows it to work at high temporal resolution without the need for an additional neural vocoder. The architecture of EzAudio is referred to as EzAu.

In today's rapidly advancing field of artificial intelligence, AI video generation technology has reached a significant milestone. Runway from New York and Luma AI from San Francisco have almost simultaneously launched their respective video generation APIs to the market, providing developers and businesses with unprecedented creative tools and attracting widespread attention in the industry. Runway's Gen-3Alpha Turbo AI video model API was the first to be unveiled. This product is currently in a phased rollout, initially accessible only to select partners.

OPPO announced that its AI large model AndesGPT-2.0 performed exceptionally in the 'Chinese Large Model Benchmark Evaluation August 2024 Report' released by the authoritative third-party evaluation agency SuperCLUE, winning multiple first-place awards, marking further recognition of OPPO's technological strength in the AI field.

Small businesses play an indispensable role in the U.S. economy, employing nearly half of the workforce and contributing 44% of GDP. However, when owners of these economic pillars consider exiting, they often face a dilemma of limited choices. OffDeal, a startup nurtured by the Y Combinator Winter 2024 accelerator, is dedicated to solving this issue through innovative AI technology. OffDeal is co-founded by former investment banker Ori Eldarov and former Meta engineer Alston Lin.

Adobe has introduced a new AI creation tool, Firefly Video Model, designed to generate high-quality video content. This tool is based on ethical training, using the company's proprietary or licensed data, and supports text-to-video generation, image-to-video conversion, and video editing, with each generated segment lasting up to 5 seconds. The videos generated during the demonstration were impressive, following text prompts and showcasing scenes from the natural world. Features include filling in video gaps, creating seamless transitions, and achieving perfect perspectives. Through Firefly, Adobe is empowering creators.

Connectly.ai, an AI service company aiding retailers in selling on messaging platforms, secured $20M in Series B funding led by Alibaba. The funds will expand its platform and increase San Francisco staff to 80 by year-end. Founded by Stefanos Loukakos, the platform integrates services like WhatsApp and SMS for personalized customer engagement, aiming for 100% revenue growth in 2024.....

Indian ad tech startup InMobi has announced the completion of $100 million funding, primarily from Mars Growth Capital, aimed at enhancing its AI capabilities and supporting future acquisitions. As a profitable company, InMobi collaborates with renowned brands like Mastercard and Samsung, actively exploring AI technology to enhance ad interactivity. It partners with thousands of app developers across over 50 countries, focusing on seamlessly integrating native advertising into content to improve user experience. Additionally, InMobi also owns Glanc.

Richard Moore, head of the UK's MI6, and Bill Burns, head of the US CIA, jointly published an article for the first time, emphasizing the role of generative artificial intelligence in enhancing the efficiency of intelligence operations. AI technologies, including large language models, are used for rapid information summarization, creative generation, and data filtering, particularly in processing vast amounts of extreme content on the internet, aiding intelligence personnel in better understanding and communication. Intelligence agencies are swiftly adopting emerging technologies to adapt to a complex security environment while maintaining effective secrecy. Technological challenges and their applications in modern conflicts, such as the war in Ukraine...

MIT research reveals that AI, particularly chatbots, can implant "false memories" in the human brain. Experiments show that AI can lead volunteers to develop persistent incorrect memories through questioning. Individuals interested in but unfamiliar with AI are more susceptible to this influence. This finding poses challenges for AI applications in law, healthcare, and education, emphasizing the need to ensure AI acts as a tool for protecting and....

Mintlify is a startup whose innovative documentation platform has attracted attention in the software development field. The platform leverages artificial intelligence technology to automatically generate high-quality user guides, API references, and SDK documentation, significantly reducing documentation maintenance time and improving usability and readability. Mintlify's unique features include extracting information from codebases to generate documentation, real-time document updates, and monitoring document usage while providing optimization suggestions. The platform's success is attributed to its intelligent features and the $18.5 million raised in Series A funding.

The company SSI, founded by Ilya Sutskever, has completed $1 billion in funding within three months of its establishment, achieving a valuation of $5 billion. The SSI team consists of only 10 people, with the goal of achieving safe superintelligence. The initial funding round attracted well-known investors such as Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, DST Global, and SV Angel. SSI focuses on research and development, planning to meet the demand for computing power through partnerships with cloud service providers and chip manufacturers. The company adopts a traditional profit model.

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.

Wuwen Chip Quasar, an AI startup established just over a year ago, recently secured nearly 500 million in Series A financing, bringing its total financing to over 1 billion, making it the king of financing in the AI infrastructure sector. Its shareholders include state-owned assets, local funds, and notable venture capital institutions such as Shunwei Capital and Dacheng Financial Intelligence. One of the founders, Wang Yu, is the head of the Department of Electronics at Tsinghua University, and many team members have Tsinghua backgrounds with rich research experience. In 2016, DeepInsight Technology, incubated by Tsinghua NICS-EFC Laboratory, was acquired by Xilinx for 300 million.

The 'Self-Regulatory Initiative for the Generative Artificial Intelligence Industry' was launched at the 2024 China Internet Civilization Conference in Chengdu, initiated by the Artificial Intelligence Safety Governance Committee of the China Cybersecurity Association in collaboration with industry, academia, and research institutions. The initiative focuses on five core areas: compliance and safety of data and algorithm models to ensure legal and secure data usage; content ecosystem development to encourage positive content generation and maintain a healthy online environment; technological innovation and quality enhancement to advance technology and quality assessment; ethical standards that respect human rights and social values; and communication, cooperation, and openness.

AI infrastructure startup 'Wu Wen Xin Qiong' announced the completion of nearly 500 million Yuan in Series A financing, setting the record for the largest single financing amount for domestic AI Infra startups. This round was co-led by the Social Security Fund Zhongguancun Independent Innovation Fund, Qiming Venture Partners, and Hongtai Fund, with participation from strategic investors including Lenovo Capital, Xiaomi, and Softcom. The funds will primarily be used to enhance talent acquisition, deepen technology research and development, drive product commercialization, and strengthen ecosystem collaboration. 'Wu Wen Xin Qiong' was established just 16 months ago.

Recently, MiniMax secretly launched its first video generation large model and showcased a 2-minute video titled 'Magic Coin' generated by this model. Founder Yan Junjie revealed that the model outperforms Runway in video generation quality, but specific parameters and technical details have not yet been disclosed. MiniMax plans to continue iterating in future versions to enhance data, algorithms, and usage details, and aims to add the ability to generate videos from images and a combination of text and images in future updates. Regarding commercialization, the company will consider it once the new version reaches a satisfactory state.