The Sogou Input Method version 12.0 has recently undergone a smart upgrade, introducing a series of new features. The key highlights of this update include AI search, AI quick check, AI companion, magic gestures, and a brand-new visual design. In terms of AI search, version 12.0 of the Sogou Input Method, in collaboration with Tencent's Hunyuan Large Model, enables a feature that allows users to search while typing. Users can quickly obtain search results by simply clicking the magnifying glass icon, significantly improving search efficiency. Additionally, PC users can swiftly gather information through the 'equal sign for word selection' feature, enhancing productivity.

According to AI Frontline news, Liu Wei, an outstanding scientist and one of the heads of Tencent's Hunyuan Large Model technology, has left Tencent. Liu Wei was responsible for the technical development and application practice of the Hunyuan Large Model at Tencent. He has published papers at several international conferences and journals and has received multiple awards. His departure has drawn attention from the industry as he was one of the key figures behind the Hunyuan Large Model at Tencent. The Hunyuan Large Model is a significant part of Tencent's strategy in the field of artificial intelligence, aimed at providing powerful AI capabilities for various application scenarios. It is reported that Liu Wei once stated that Tencent's Hunyuan Large Model.

Tencent announced today that its newly developed AI Smart Workspace ima.copilot (abbreviated as ima) is officially open to users in its Windows version. This product not only offers search capabilities but also answers user questions, creates text, and generates images, showcasing Tencent's in-depth exploration and technological strength in the field of artificial intelligence.

Tencent announced that its smart assistant product, Tencent Yuanbao 2.0, has officially been relaunched. The new version features a redesigned conversation list that allows users to easily find historical dialogues and previously used intelligent entities, making it more convenient to review information or continue unfinished conversations. Tencent Yuanbao 2.0 also introduces a dedicated section for AI applications, gathering five major applications: AI Search, AI Reading, Creative Painting, Inspiration Gallery, and AI Photo Enhancement, to meet users' diverse creative needs in searching, reading, writing, and painting.

The Tencent Hunyuan 3D generation model is the industry's first open-source large model that supports both text and image-based 3D generation. The initial open-source models include a lightweight version and a standard version, with the lightweight version capable of generating high-quality 3D assets within 10 seconds. This model has been publicly released in the tech community, including complete model weights, inference code, and model algorithms, available for free use by developers, researchers, and other users.

Recently, some media reports indicated that WeChat is conducting gray testing of the AI Q&A feature, allowing some users to input questions in the WeChat search box to trigger the AI Q&A function. The AI Q&A can generate an approximately 400-word response in about 20 seconds and provide 5 reference materials from WeChat official accounts. The test results show that the AI Q&A feature currently mainly cites WeChat official accounts as reference materials.

Tencent has recently launched a smart workbench product called ima.copilot (shortened to ima), which is powered by Tencent's Hunyuan large model technology. This product aims to provide users with a new experience in searching, reading, and writing through its thinking knowledge base. The core features of ima.copilot include knowledge acquisition, the creation of a personalized knowledge base, and intelligent writing assistance.

At the Snapdragon Summit 2024 held today, Qualcomm officially unveiled the highly anticipated Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile platform, a chip built on TSMC's advanced second-generation 3nm process technology, marking a new peak in performance for Android smartphone chips. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 features an entirely new core design, eliminating the small cores in favor of a full big-core layout, which includes 2 ultra-large cores with clock speeds reaching up to 4.32GHz and 6 large cores at 3.53GHz. This design sets a new historical record for smartphone processor clock speeds.

Tencent Zhi Ying has launched a new feature called 'AI Online Sensation Helper', aimed at simplifying the photo editing process and enhancing efficiency through artificial intelligence technology. This feature, using a cloud-based smart video creation tool, allows users to upload photos and have them automatically beautified and optimized by AI, including portrait beautification and background enhancement, to meet users' pursuit of trendiness and personalization.

In today's rapidly advancing field of artificial intelligence, a multi-modal large language model named ORYX is quietly transforming our understanding of AI's ability to perceive the visual world. This AI system, developed collaboratively by researchers from Tsinghua University, Tencent, and Nanyang Technological University, is regarded as the 'Transformers' of visual processing. ORYX, short for Oryx Multi-Modal Large Language Models, is an AI model specifically designed for processing images, videos, and 3D scene time-space understanding.

Tencent Youtu Lab has collaborated with the research team at Shanghai Jiao Tong University to introduce a revolutionary knowledge enhancement method, paving new avenues for optimizing large models. This innovative technology discards the limitations of traditional model fine-tuning, directly extracting knowledge from open-source data, significantly simplifying the model optimization process, and achieving outstanding performance that surpasses existing state-of-the-art technologies (SOTA) across multiple tasks. In recent years, while large language models (LLMs) have made significant progress in various fields, they still face numerous challenges in practical applications. Traditional model fine-tuning methods...

Tencent Cloud announced a strategic partnership with the S.M.A.R.T Entrepreneurs Association in Singapore, aimed at accelerating the deployment of smart digital humans in the Southeast Asian market. The S.M.A.R.T Entrepreneurs Association focuses on assisting global entrepreneurs and senior management teams in building global intelligent enterprises, achieving business transformation and digital transition, and promoting mutually beneficial international business cooperation.

Tencent Cloud and Xiaomi have collaborated to launch the new Smart Lock M30 Pro. This product utilizes Tencent's 'palm scanning technology' that leverages AI recognition capabilities of palm prints and palm veins, providing users with a novel and convenient way to unlock securely. This technology is based on Tencent's proprietary 'palm print + palm vein' recognition algorithm, which captures images of the veins beneath the palm skin using near-infrared light for high-precision identity verification. Since every individual's palm vein pattern is unique, this technology not only enhances the convenience of unlocking but also significantly increases security.

Today, Tencent Robotics X Lab announced its latest research achievement, the home environment robot 'Xiao Wu'. This robot aims to become an indispensable assistant in households, capable of walking and transporting objects in real environments, and even assisting the elderly. Xiao Wu's design overturns the traditional concept of robots by adopting a four-legged wheel-foot composite structure. This design allows for faster movement on flat surfaces while maintaining adaptability over uneven terrains. This flexibility enables Xiao Wu to operate in various environments such as homes and nursing homes.

Tencent Hunyuan recently announced that its AI agent product 'Tencent Yuanqi' now supports publishing to WeChat Official Accounts, bringing several new features to account operators. These features include: real-time interaction with digital avatars, allowing account operators to create digital avatars for real-time interaction with fans, enhancing user engagement and experience.

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.

Recently, several universities in Hong Kong and China have teamed up with Tencent to develop an AI model called GameGen-O, specifically designed for creating simulations in open-world video games. GameGen-O's capabilities extend beyond generating high-quality game content; it also simulates features from various game engines, capable of creating a diverse range of game elements such as character dynamics, complex actions, and various events. Project link: https://gamegen-o.github.io/

Tencent recently announced the official launch of its Tencent Yuanbao brand Smart Agent Zone, which has invited 11 partners to jointly create a high-quality AI smart agent application ecosystem. These applications cover various fields including entertainment, tourism, shopping, health, e-sports, express delivery, design, and recruitment, featuring well-known companies such as Yuanwen Group, Tongcheng Travel, Weimob, Zhiming Technology, China Resources Sanjiu, Kuaidi 100, Canva, High Competition Culture, Mafengwo, as well as VIPKID and Zhilian Recruitment Smart Agent.