The Apsara Conference opened today, and Alibaba Cloud will launch the most important release of the year
Alibaba Cloud will launch the most important release of the year at the Apsara Conference, showing for the first time the panorama of AI-oriented cloud computing technology architecture, covering the complete technical progress from data center to inference engine, from underlying hardware, data processing, model services to application development, and the general model will be upgraded to "full scale, full modality, and multiple scenarios".
According to the official website of the Apsara Conference, Zhou Jingren, CTO of Alibaba Cloud, had a release entitled "Cloud and AI Advanced Technology of the Year" on the afternoon of the 19th. More than 200,000 enterprises have passed Alibaba Cloud services, and more than 20 million downloads of the Tongyi Qianwen open source model have been obtained.
Apsara Conference is a technology event in the field of cloud computing and artificial intelligence, and this year's conference will be held in Hangzhou from September 19 to 21. According to official information, the conference will have a three-day main forum, more than 400 sub-forums, and a 40,000-square-meter intelligent technology exhibition area, where hundreds of AI applications from all over the world will be unveiled.
Apple's market value evaporated by 100 billion: iPhone 16 sales fell by 12.7% in the first week
Tianfeng International analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that the pre-order sales of the iPhone 16 series in the first weekend are estimated to be about 37 million units, a year-on-year decrease of about 12.7% compared with the sales of the iPhone 15 series in the first weekend last year, and the key is that the iPhone 16 Pro series is lower than expected.
Ming-Chi Kuo pointed out that the shipment time of the iPhone 16 Pro series is significantly lower than that of the 15 Pro series, and in addition to the increase in stock before pre-ordering, the key is that the demand is lower than expected from the year-on-year decrease in sales at the first weekend.
Apple's market value has evaporated by $69 billion (490 billion yuan) in the latest week. In the eyes of some domestic merchants and users, innovation is getting weaker and weaker on Apple's mobile phones, and this year's performance is particularly obvious, especially on the same day Huawei three folds were launched. According to reports, Huawei's three-fold mobile phone has reached 6.259 million pre-orders in 10 days, and it will also be on sale on September 20, and it is said that there are 1 million units in stock. (Source: Fast Technology)
ByteDance's bean bag model released a video generation model on September 24
ByteDance announced that the Doubao large model will release a video generation model on September 24, and bring more model families to upgrade their capabilities.
At 14:30 on September 24, the 2024 Volcano Engine AI Innovation Tour Exhibition will be held in Shenzhen, where ByteDance will announce the overall introduction of Volcano Engine and the progress of the Doubao large model, as well as the latest progress of Volcano Engine AI products and the sharing of AI landing practices of enterprises in multiple industries.
At present, domestic manufacturers such as Kuaishou and Zhipu have launched video generation models, and Alibaba Tongyi will also release video generation models during the 2024 Apsara Conference (September 19 to September 21). (Source: IT House)
Microsoft, BlackRock, GIP, and MGX announced the establishment of a more than $30 billion AI infrastructure investment fund, supported by Nvidia's expertise
On September 18, it was reported that Microsoft jointly established a fund called "Global AI Infrastructure Investment Partnership", which aims to invest in AI infrastructure to build data centers and energy projects.
Microsoft announced the Global AI Infrastructure Investment Partnership (GAIIP) with BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and U.A.E. AI investment firm MGX to invest in emerging and expanding data centers to meet the growing demand for computing power and invest in energy infrastructure to provide new sources of energy for these facilities.
NVIDIA will also support GAIIP, including expertise in AI data centers and AI factories, to benefit the AI ecosystem.
These infrastructure investments are said to be focused in the United States to drive AI innovation and economic growth, with the remainder going to partner countries in the United States. Microsoft revealed that the partnership will initially seek to gradually unlock $30 billion in private equity capital from investors, asset owners and businesses, plus debt financing, which is ultimately expected to leverage a total of $100 billion (currently about 709.448 billion yuan) of investment potential. (Source: IT House)
谷歌论文提前揭示 o1 模型原理:AI 大模型竞争或转向硬件
In the paper "Computationally Efficient When Optimizing LLM Testing than Scaling Model Parameters" published on August 6, 2024, the Google DeepMind team explores whether large models (LLMs) can improve the quality of decision-making by increasing the amount of computation during testing when facing complex problems. Studies have shown that adding test-time compute calculations is more efficient than extending model parameters. This finding is similar to OpenAI's recently released O1 model, which generates a series of intermediate inference steps before giving an answer, refining its thought process, trying different strategies, and identifying its own mistakes to improve performance.
In addition, researchers from Google and Stanford University put forward a similar point of view in their January 2024 paper, "Chain of Thought Empowers Transformer to Solve Inherently Serial Problems", which explores the "Chain of Thought" (CoT) technology, which aims to break through the limitations of Transformer models in serial inference.
These studies suggest that the race for large AI models may be shifting from mere scaling of model parameters to more efficient test-time computational and hardware capabilities. With the development of technology, the competition of large models is not only limited to the model itself, but also the hardware capability has become a key factor. In the AI space, having more computing power could mean an edge in the next phase of the competition. For example, OpenAI was recently revealed to be planning its first chip, which uses TSMC's most advanced A16-level process and is built for Sora video applications, indicating that the competition for large models has begun to expand to hardware capabilities. (Source: The Paper)
Meituan Wang Xing: Last year, about 7.45 million riders received income, and the remuneration was 80 billion yuan
During the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, Meituan CEO Wang Xing issued an all-staff letter, mentioning that more than 5,000 fresh graduates have been recruited each year for the past three years, and 6,000 are planned to be recruited for the class of 2025, and the internal promotion rate is as high as 69%. Last year, about 7.45 million riders earned income on the Meituan platform, and more than 80 billion were paid. (Source: Quanzhou Radio and Television Station)
Tesla's domestic car machine was surprised to see the FSD function option, which is currently inactive
On September 18, according to media reports, Tesla's latest exposure of the button of the Full Self-Driving (FSD) function in China's car machine system was exposed.
It is reported that the button is located in the cruise control and Autopilot menus, similar to the layout of the North American model. However, although the FSD button has appeared on the car interface, it cannot be enabled at this time. According to the screenshot information, to activate FSD, the navigation map needs to be updated, and Tesla is communicating with Baidu about the map data.
Elon · Musk said on Tesla's Q2 2024 earnings call that the FSD feature is expected to be approved in China by the end of the year. This shows that Tesla is actively promoting the launch of FSD services in China. (Source: Fast Technology)
YouTube will launch an AI-powered "one-stop-shop" that generates creatives, titles, and full videos
At the "Made on YouTube" special event held on Wednesday local time, Google announced a series of AI-related features to YouTube that are expected to change the way videos are made and even the videos themselves. YouTube is introducing a range of AI tools to help creators produce video content more efficiently. These include a new tab called "Inspiration," an AI-powered feature that can provide creators with video concepts, recommend titles, thumbnails, and even write video outlines.
In addition, YouTube has launched Veo, a tool that integrates with Google's DeepMind video model to generate video backgrounds and full video clips of up to 6 seconds. These features will be available to creators later this year or early next year. YouTube also plans to introduce auto-voiceover, which can convert videos into multiple languages, as well as AI tools to engage with fans through the app's new community section. These tools are designed to help creators produce new content more easily, while also potentially leading to an increase in AI-generated video content on the platform. YouTube CEO Neal Mohan said the company is committed to ensuring that creativity thrives on YouTube, communities thrive, and creator economies grow. (Source: IT House)
Xiaomi three folding screen mobile phone patent exposure
On the afternoon of September 18, it was reported that the patent released by the State Intellectual Property Office on September 3 showed that Xiaomi had obtained a design patent for a "mobile phone and its main body", showing the design of Xiaomi's three-fold mobile phone. According to the information, Xiaomi submitted the design patent on December 21, 2022, showing two design schemes, and the patentee is Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. In addition, the patent sketch shows that the back of the Xiaomi Tri-Fold phone features a horizontally placed camera scheme with 3 cameras positioned horizontally and equipped with an LED flash. (Source: Sina Technology)
EZVIZ's first "walking" camera TAMO was released: 16Wh battery, EIS electronic image stabilization, 999 yuan
9month18Daily news,EZVIZ's first "walking" camera TAMO was officially released,The camera has a built-in 16Wh battery,Support EIS electronic image stabilization,It is currently on the official website,Price999element。
According to reports, the EZVIZ TAMO camera is equipped with dual brushless motors + high-precision electronic control system, built-in 16Wh battery, and supports functions such as in-situ U-turn, position locking, and angle locking; The camera features a 3-megapixel camera with single-axis mechanical stabilization and EIS electronic image stabilization. (Source: IT House)
Zhou Yibao, the product manager of OPPO Find, revealed that the new "ultra-thin" accessories are expected to be magnetic power banks
On September 18th, it was reported that Zhou Yibao, the product leader of OPPO Find, posted today that "this time it is a mobile phone and ecological product released together", and revealed a new "ultra-thin" accessory.
The pre-heat map shows that the new product has a button on the side, four indicators at the bottom, and the words "OPPO" and "Magnetic PowerBank" are printed on the front of the product. Combined with the discussion in the comment area, this "ultra-thin" accessory is also suitable for OPPO Find X6 Pro and iPhone mobile phones, which is expected to be a magnetic power bank. (Source: IT House)
The Fed announces a 50 basis point rate cut! It is the first interest rate cut cycle since March 2020
In the early morning of September 19, Beijing time, the Federal Reserve Board of United States announced that it would cut the target range for the federal funds rate by 50 basis points to between 4.75% and 5.00%, the first rate cut since March 2020. The Fed raised interest rates 11 times in a row from March 2022 to July 2023, with a cumulative increase of 525 basis points.
Over the past year, the Fed has maintained its target range for the federal funds rate between 5.25% and 5.5%, the highest level in 23 years. (Source: Global Market Report)