On September 19, Kuaishou announced a major global upgrade to its Keling AI model, launching version 1.5. The new version features significant improvements in several areas, including video quality, dynamic effects, aesthetic performance, motion realism, and semantic understanding.

At the 2024 Hangzhou Cloud Habitat Conference, Alibaba Cloud announced the newly upgraded Tongyi Lingma. The upgraded Tongyi Lingma can now quickly complete multiple development tasks such as understanding requirements, breaking down tasks, writing code, fixing bugs, and testing with just a few sentences. Before the upgrade, Tongyi Lingma could only perform basic auxiliary programming tasks. This advancement greatly benefits developers, allowing them to develop an application from scratch in just a few minutes, with an increase in development efficiency by several dozen times! It is reported that since the launch of Tongyi Lingma, it has successfully been adopted by many well-known enterprises, including

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.

Recently, Doubao, the educational application from ByteDance's AI smart assistant brand, completed a major upgrade. This app aims to be a smart partner for learners and a valuable assistant for family education, providing support for the new term's studies. 'Doubao Aixue' has introduced multiple auxiliary learning features, including answering questions, homework correction, knowledge Q&A, essay guidance, and mental calculation practice, to meet the diverse needs of family education.

Alibaba's Tongyi is set to unveil its video generation large model at the upcoming Yunqi Conference, attracting significant attention from the industry. Currently, the Tongyi App channel and Tongyi Wanxiang PC version have quietly launched the 'Video Generation' entry, although the functionality is not yet open and users can only make reservations. According to page information, this new video generation large model is independently developed by Alibaba's Tongyi Laboratory, featuring two main creation modes: 'Text-to-Video' and 'Image-to-Video', allowing users to generate corresponding video content from text or images. This launch will undoubtedly bring new opportunities for content creators.

The Baidu Marketing Platform Light Ship has recently undergone a full upgrade, incorporating generative AI technology aimed at bringing innovation and efficiency improvement to the entire marketing chain. The upgraded Light Ship platform operation time has been shortened to the minute level, with AI MAX showing an average conversion rate increase of 7.2%, significantly enhancing marketing efficiency and effectiveness.

On the occasion of its 16th anniversary, Zhangyue Technology has launched an upgraded version of the Zhangyue APP to provide a better reading experience. The new version of the APP optimizes the visuals and adjusts functionalities, offering an ad-free pure reading space that allows users to focus solely on reading.

Today, Mita AI Search announced an upgrade for programming-related inquiries. The new features of Mita AI Search include the ability to execute code with one click, allowing users to directly see the results of the AI-generated code. Additionally, Mita AI Search has enhanced its debug functionality for programming errors, assisting users in quickly fixing issues encountered during compilation or runtime.

Soul App has made significant breakthroughs in the AI+Social field by upgrading its self-developed end-to-end full-duplex voice call model, achieving a natural and smooth voice communication experience with virtual characters that nearly matches the realism of talking to a real person. This model features ultra-low interaction latency, rapid automatic interruption, hyper-realistic voice expression, and emotional perception understanding capabilities, making it nearly impossible for users to distinguish whether their conversation partner is a real person or AI. This innovation not only significantly enhances the social experience for users on Soul but also showcases Soul's advancements in AI technology.

Neo4j has introduced a significant upgrade to its fully managed cloud graph database service AuraDB, greatly enhancing usability and data processing efficiency, achieving a 15-fold improvement in data reading capability. The upgraded version introduces a generative AI assistant that uses OpenAI’s large language model to provide real-time query optimization, explanations, and suggestions, helping users quickly extract data insights by generating Cypher query code with just natural language questions. Additionally, the new NeoDash tool allows users to operate without coding.

Tencent Docs has recently launched an upgraded version of the 'Smart Scan' feature, aimed at providing users with a more convenient and efficient document management experience. This new feature is especially suitable for the back-to-school season when teachers and students need to handle a large volume of materials and documents. Users can access the 'Smart Scan' tool through the Tencent Docs mini program or APP, which offers three core functionalities: scan archiving, handwriting removal, and document management.

Baidu announced a major update to its artificial intelligence application 'Wenyin Yiyan' App, launching a brand new version 4.0.0 and officially renaming it 'Wenxiaoyan'. The Wenxiaoyan App's features have been significantly enhanced, providing a richer array of usage scenarios. It is based on Baidu's Wenyin large model, offering users various AI capabilities such as search, creation, and chatting. As a special anniversary upgrade, the Wenxiaoyan App introduces five core scenario capabilities, including questioning, conversational companionship, article writing, image creation, and task assignment.

The newly launched 1.5 flash model update of Gemini has significantly improved response speed by 50%, especially noticeable in the Pro Plan, benefiting all user tiers. This optimization is evident on both web and mobile platforms, enhancing user interaction experience, particularly when handling complex tasks. The competitiveness of Gemini in the AI assistant domain has thus increased, with a new round of updates scheduled for release on September 4, introducing more enhanced features and continuously optimizing services. This update reflects the rapid iteration of AI technology and fierce competition, allowing users to benefit and enjoy an improved experience.

The Samsung AI Food app, Samsung Food Plus, has been updated with new features that allow users to add ingredients to their list and generate recommended recipes simply by taking a photo. This automates food list management, updates the list, and streamlines meal planning. The app is now cross-platform, not limited to Samsung SmartThings and Family Hub, and has integrated Vision AI technology that can recognize over 40,000 ingredients. A paid version, Samsung Food Plus, is available, which includes ad removal and personalization.

Xiaomi announced today that its latest large model Xiao Ai AI Assistant has officially pushed updates on the Xiaomi Xiao Ai Speaker series. This update covers multiple devices, including the Xiaomi Sound Pro, Xiaomi Sound Move, Xiaomi Sound, and the Xiaomi Xiao Ai Speaker Art battery version, and the full rollout has been completed.

Beijing Zhipu Huazhang Technology Co., Ltd. announced a series of significant technological updates on August 29, 2024, including the release of a new generation foundation model and new application services. At the KDD2024 conference, Zhipu introduced new foundation models including the language model GLM-4-Plus, the text-to-image model CogView-3-Plus, the image/video understanding model GLM-4V-Plus, and the video generation model CogVideoX. These models have achieved international leading standards in their respective fields.

Google recently launched its latest AI model series, Gemini 1.5, which includes Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B, Gemini 1.5 Flash, and Gemini 1.5 Pro. These models are designed to handle long texts and large amounts of multimodal inputs such as documents, videos, and audio. Gemini 1.5 Flash is a lightweight version with 8 billion parameters, significantly enhancing performance and becoming the preferred choice for developers worldwide. Gemini 1.5 Pro excels in mathematics, coding, and handling complex prompts.

Amazon plans to launch a new paid version of Alexa called 'Remarkable Alexa' or 'Project Banyan' in October, aimed at competing with companies like OpenAI and Google through more advanced AI features. This upgraded voice assistant will have smarter conversational and interaction capabilities, able to recognize different voices, proactively ask users for preferences, and provide personalized assistance. One key feature is 'Smart Briefings', which offers users customized daily news summaries, although it has raised concerns about

On August 27, Alibaba's Quark from the Intelligent Information Business Group launched a new upgraded version of its PC application, focusing on optimizing AI search, AI writing, AI PPT creation, and AI document summarization functions. The AI search feature significantly outperforms industry standards in speed and clarity of speech, providing quick and accurate answers. The upgraded interface design is clearer and supports the efficient display of information including images, text, and videos. In terms of writing, Quark's PC version caters to the high-frequency needs of university students and white-collar workers, supporting rapid creation of nearly 200 types of documents.