Autonomous truck company TuSimple has announced its completion of a transformation, officially rebranding as CreateAI and shifting its focus toward the generative AI field, including animation and game development. This rebranding signifies TuSimple's departure from the autonomous trucking business and its entry into a new arena. TuSimple's transformation comes at a time of ongoing turmoil for the company. Previously, the company exited the stock market in January 2024 and closed its U.S. autonomous trucking operations, transferring the remaining assets to China to fund the new business.

Beijing TuSimple Technology Co., Ltd. has officially changed its name to CreateAI. This rebranding comes alongside the announcement of several significant advancements in the generative AI field, marking its ambitious plans to apply generative AI technology in the animation and video game industries. Additionally, CreateAI announced that it has acquired the official licensing rights to the renowned wuxia intellectual property 'The Legend of the Condor Heroes' and plans to develop a large-scale open-world RPG game. Furthermore, the company will collaborate with notable animation director Masashi Hoshino and leading animation production company Hashimoto Co., Ltd. to utilize AIGC.

Apple is quietly laying the groundwork for the 'heart' of artificial intelligence—server chips. According to The Information, citing three informed sources, Apple is collaborating with semiconductor giant Broadcom to secretly develop its first server chip specifically designed for handling AI applications. This move indicates that Apple's ambitions in the field of artificial intelligence are rapidly expanding. Renowned for its self-designed chips, Apple’s 'Apple Silicon' series is primarily manufactured by TSMC and is widely used in iP

At the intersection of women's rights and product quality, an AI-generated song titled 'Sanitary Napkin Song' has recently sparked heated discussions on social media. Xiaohongshu blogger 'Women Speak Women' presents powerful lyrics that vividly portray the awkwardness and inconveniences faced by women in daily life. This song digitally encapsulates the arduous journey women endure during their menstrual period: over the course of approximately 40 years, women use around 15,000 sanitary napkins for about 2,400 days, costing a significant amount while the quality remains concerning, as straightforwardly highlighted in the lyrics.

In product teams, the backlog of screen recordings and screenshots often goes unnoticed, with video creation being both time-consuming and costly. However, two former Microsoft employees saw an opportunity in this market and decided to launch an AI tool called Lica, which easily transforms screenshots and recordings into engaging tutorials and product videos. This startup was founded in 2023 by Priyaa Kalyanaraman and Purvanshi Mehta, both ex-Microsoft employees.

Hume AI, a startup focused on emotional intelligent voice interfaces, has recently launched an experimental feature called 'Voice Control.' This new tool is designed to help developers and users create personalized AI voices without any coding, AI prompt engineering, or sound design skills. Users can easily customize voices to meet their needs by precisely adjusting voice characteristics. This new feature builds on the company's previously launched 'Empathetic Voice Interface 2' (EVI2), which enhances the naturalness of speech.

In recent years, large language models represented by ChatGPT have sparked a new wave in the AI field. These powerful language models can not only understand human instructions but also formulate plans, explore environments, and utilize tools to solve complex tasks, demonstrating immense potential in areas such as robotics, personal assistants, and process automation. However, most existing AI entity systems are passive, requiring explicit human instructions to perform tasks. To schedule a meeting, one still has to manually input the time, location, and even list out all the participants, which is quite cumbersome.

With the rapid growth of artificial intelligence tools and applications, education technology experts have created a visual aid to make the landscape of AI tools clearer and more understandable. Led by Edtech Insiders, this new generative AI map and database categorizes over 250 AI-powered tools into use cases for teaching and learning. The case categories on the map include teaching materials, assessment and feedback, teacher practice support, professional teacher learning, student support, and social tools. Each category has more specific use cases, such as curriculum planning.

Travel planning has long been a headache for many, but now, an innovative application named MagicMiles is changing that. This app utilizes artificial intelligence technology to provide travelers with personalized and accurate itinerary customization services. Using MagicMiles is very intuitive. Users simply input their destination, type of trip (solo travel, with family or friends), types of activities of interest, and select a budget range, and the app can instantly generate a tailor-made travel route.

Spanish BBVA Bank (Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria) recently announced the successful global deployment of the ChatGPT Enterprise Edition to enhance employee efficiency and innovation. In just five months, the bank has created over 2900 customized GPT applications by closely collaborating with legal, compliance, and IT security teams to ensure the safe and responsible use of AI. BBVA Bank has always been at the forefront of technological innovation.

Recently, Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) announced a partnership with technology company OpenAI to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) technology for unlocking deep insights across its many renowned brands. Image source note: Image generated by AI, image licensed by service provider Midjourney. These brands include Estée Lauder, Clinique, La Mer, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, and Aveda.