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Today, Baidu officially released its financial report for the fourth quarter and the entire year ended December 31, 2024. The data shows that in the fourth quarter of 2024, Baidu achieved revenue of 34.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year decline of 2%; total annual revenue reached 133.1 billion yuan, down 1% year-on-year. The net profit attributable to Baidu for the fourth quarter was 5.2 billion yuan, with a non-GAAP net profit of 6.7 billion yuan; the total annual net profit attributable to Baidu was 23.8 billion yuan, with a non-GAAP net profit of 27 billion yuan.

Following the integration of DeepSeek R1, Tencent's Hunyuan T1 deep thinking model is currently undergoing a limited grayscale test within Tencent's Yuanbao. Users can choose to use it based on their needs. Tencent recently announced that several of its products have begun to integrate DeepSeek technology, including QQ Music AI Assistant, WeChat AI Search, and Tencent Cloud AI Code Assistant.

Recently, Baidu Intelligent Cloud officially launched four brand new applications — KuaYue, XiLing, YiJian, and ZhenZhi, which are now successfully integrated with the latest version of the DeepSeek model. This initiative not only provides enterprises with richer artificial intelligence solutions but also aims to meet the diverse needs in high-value business scenarios such as intelligent outbound calls, digital human video script generation, visual intelligence analysis, and knowledge management. With the acceleration of digital transformation, Baidu Intelligent Cloud is actively promoting the application in various industries, including finance, transportation, government, and automotive.

Tencent Cloud announced the completion of deep integration with the DeepSeek large model, officially launching the API interfaces for DeepSeek-R1 and the V3 original model, and innovatively integrating its self-developed large model knowledge engine while simultaneously opening up internet search capabilities. This move makes Tencent Cloud the first domestic cloud vendor to achieve a three-in-one service of 'Model API + Knowledge Engine + Real-Time Search,' marking the official entry of large model applications into the era of dynamic knowledge enhancement.

Recently, Tencent Cloud TI Platform officially launched the highly anticipated DeepSeek series models, including the full version V3 with 671B parameters and the R1 original model, as well as a series of models distilled from DeepSeek-R1, with parameter sizes ranging from 70B to 1.5B. This initiative provides developers with powerful AI tool support and further promotes the popularization and application of large model technology.

At the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held in Las Vegas, TCL announced a groundbreaking piece of news: the company will integrate Google's latest AI large model, Gemini, into its overseas flagship television product line, with the first smart TV featuring Gemini AI expected to launch globally in 2025. This collaboration marks a critical step in the deep integration of traditional home appliance manufacturing with artificial intelligence technology. As a leading TV manufacturer in China, TCL's choice to partner with Google's top AI model not only reflects its commitment to innovation.

The Zhihui Qingtalk browser plugin has recently announced its integration with AutoGLM capabilities, marking an evolution of browser plugins into intelligent agents. Now, with the integration of AutoGLM, the Qingtalk plugin can simulate human actions to automatically complete web tasks based on users' text or voice commands, providing users with a 'fully automated' new internet experience. AutoGLM is a large model intelligent interactive agent launched by Zhihui, which can understand user intentions and perform corresponding actions. Currently, this capability has been implemented in Baidu Search, Weibo, and Zhihu.

The competition in TV software is shifting towards advertising. TV manufacturers are increasingly keen on leveraging TV operating systems (OS) for ad placements and user tracking, leading to bold new strategies such as advertising technology companies launching TV OS and displaying ads on TV screensavers. TCL, as a TV manufacturer, is set to premiere a series of shorts on its free streaming service. This marks the company's new attempt at monetizing TV users and film production, relying on generative AI and targeted advertising.

Tencent Cloud recently announced the launch of its AI coding assistant - Tencent Cloud AI Code Assistant. This tool aims to assist programmers in writing code by predicting and providing code suggestions, significantly enhancing development efficiency. The core advantage of this AI code assistant lies in its ability to deeply understand the context of the code, offering more accurate logical and grammatical code completion suggestions, surpassing traditional keyword-matching completion methods. It can also learn and adapt to a programmer's coding style and historical code patterns, providing customized code completions that align more closely with individual habits.

On October 30, Mianbi Intelligence announced a strategic partnership with Baidu Intelligent Cloud, aiming to jointly develop collaborative solutions for large models. According to the partnership agreement, the two parties will leverage Baidu Intelligent Cloud's Qianfan Large Model Platform, Wenxin series large models, as well as Mianbi's MiniCPM series edge large models and cutting-edge technology accumulation across multiple terminals and different scenarios, to collaboratively develop and promote edge-cloud collaborative technology solutions that further enhance the performance of large models in practical applications such as embodied intelligence, smart terminals, and edge computing, while reducing the inference costs of large models.