Babbitt | Yuanverse daily must-read: Beijing ranks first in the country in terms of number of large AI models, and Shanghai Jiading will build a characteristic town in the Yangtze River Delta Automobile Yuanverse

Abstract: Beijing ranks first in the country in terms of number of AI companies and large AI models. Jiading, Shanghai, will build a characteristic town in the Yangtze River Delta Automotive Metaverse. Adobe announced that “Firefly” AI has been fully put into commercial use, and its pricing is 60% cheaper than OpenAI. .

Image source: Generated by Unbounded AI

Hot info:

NVIDIA claims that the latest open source software TensorRT-LLM can basically solve several major challenges in developing large models

According to a report by Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily on September 14, at the 2023 Global AI Chip Summit, NVIDIA Solution and Architecture Technical Director Zhang Ruihua introduced NVIDIA’s latest open source software TensorRT-LLM. She said that TensorRT-LLM can basically solve the current problem. Challenges include fast model development, frequent updates, and a large number of users. The software supports GPU multi-nodes and is simple to program. Combined with Triton, it can reduce multi-user latency issues, thereby fully utilizing the GPU and reducing costs.

Analyst Company: ChatGPT usage and demand for programming assistance have shown a clear downward trend since May

According to news from Webmaster Home on September 14, the American social media analysis company SparkToro recently announced a set of data analysis results on the usage of ChatGPT, and found that ChatGPT usage and demand for programming assistance have shown a clear downward trend since May. . SparkToro analyzed usage data from millions of desktop and mobile devices that opted into the survey and found that monthly visits to ChatGPT's official website, OpenAI.com, have dropped 29% since May. What's more noteworthy is that the proportion of using ChatGPT for programming assistance has also dropped by 30%. SparkToro believes that this shows that the popularity of ChatGPT has begun to recede.

Microsoft Edge browser will soon introduce “AI-writing” function

According to IT House citing foreign technology media Windows Latest reported on September 14, Microsoft Edge browser will soon introduce the "AI-writing" function to help users write blog posts, news reports, emails, etc. by calling GPT-4 and Bing AI models. . Microsoft has currently invited a small number of Edge browser users in the Canary channel to conduct A/B testing. You can use this AI function to quickly generate relevant content and support operations such as detailed description, rewriting, changing tone, format, etc.

Beijing ranks first in the country in terms of number of AI companies and large AI models

According to the Beijing News Shell Finance, on the afternoon of September 14, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology and the Beijing News Shell Finance jointly released the "AIGC Industrial Chain Beijing Specialized and New Enterprise Map". Not only does Beijing rank first in the country in terms of the number of AI companies and large AI models, but it is also at the forefront of the country in the AIGC sub-sector, with significant advantages in computing power, data, scenarios, investment, talents, etc., after analysis and sorting out , a total of 55 high-quality, specialized and new enterprises in Beijing are at key levels of the AIGC industry chain.

Baidu’s top ten cutting-edge technological inventions in 2023 were announced, more than 70% involving large models and reconstruction innovation

According to a report by Webmaster Home on September 14, Baidu recently announced the "2023 Baidu Top Ten Frontier Inventions of Science and Technology". Among the top ten cutting-edge inventions, more than 70% involve large models and reconstruction innovation. Baidu said that as more and more large-model products are launched one after another, the development of generative artificial intelligence in my country will also move from the stage of "strengthening large model parameters" to the stage of "strengthening native applications and industrial implementation".

U.S. California Senator introduces a bill to regulate generative AI models

According to a report by Webmaster Home on September 14, California U.S. Senator Scott Wiener proposed a bill that seeks to make generative AI models more transparent and initiate discussions in the state on how to regulate this technology. The bill requires "cutting-edge" model systems to meet transparency standards and also proposes security measures to prevent AI systems from "falling into the hands of foreign governments." The bill would also force AI labs to test models for security risks and disclose discovered security risks to the government.

Shanghai Jiading will build a characteristic town in the Yangtze River Delta Automotive Yuanverse

According to a report from China News Network in Shanghai on September 12, a press conference on "Industrial Empowerment by Combining Virtual and Real Things - 2023 Second World Metaverse Conference" was held on the 12th. At the meeting, Yan Jianming, Secretary of the Party Committee of Anting Town, Jiading District, Shanghai, said , Anting’s metaverse industry will have the main goal of building an industrial metaverse and empowering the manufacturing industry, driven by the integration and innovation of the new generation of information technology, guided by the application needs of virtual and real, and cultivating new metaverse technologies and new technologies. Taking products and new models as the starting point, we will actively seize the new track of the "Automotive Metaverse" and strive to reach a scale of 100 billion by 2025. The characteristic towns of the Yangtze River Delta Automotive Metaverse are beginning to take shape.

Financing News:

Lingshu Technology received B2 round strategic investment from Guosen China Digital, a subsidiary of the State Information Center

Babbitt News: Recently, Lingshu Technology completed a B2 round of financing worth tens of millions of yuan. The investor this time is Beijing Guoxin Zhongshu Investment Management Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the State Information Center. Dr. Lin Le, founder and CEO of Lingshu Technology, said that this financing is Lingshu Technology’s new round of financing following the B1 round of investment from the Pudong Science and Technology Innovation Fund of Funds. This round of financing will be mainly used to promote product innovation, marketing and team expansion.

AI intelligent social platform "BenBen" completes tens of millions of seed round financing

According to 36 Krypton, the intelligent social platform “BenBen” under Beijing Scene Interactive Technology Co., Ltd., an intelligent solution service provider, announced the completion of a tens of millions of seed rounds of financing. This round of financing was led by Hangzhou Yuhao, a senior investor in the angel round. All follow the investment. Financing funds will be mainly used for product iteration, market expansion, and team expansion.

Recommended reading for the Metaverse:

"Adobe announces that "Firefly" AI will be fully commercialized, priced 60% cheaper than OpenAI"

In the blink of an eye, large AI models have reached the threshold of "commercial profitability", and AIGC pricing has also begun to "roll up".

Adobe "Firefly" AI generates a picture for 5 cents. OpenAI’s Dall-E costs nearly 13 cents to generate a graph. Stability AI costs only 1 cent per image.

"AI Open Book Video: One sentence and one picture can produce a blockbuster, the era of "Nolan per capita" is not far away"

With the help of AI, people can use their imagination to create character actions and storylines that do not originally exist in reality. In addition to movies and live videos, some people also use ChatGPT to write scripts, Midjourney to generate images, and Runway Gen-2 to generate videos, which are then combined through editing to create a high-quality advertising film.

《10 people and two months to build a large model! Blessed by 16 top conference papers in one year: None of the best ones on the market are open source》

Two months after its establishment, the trained model ranked among the top three in the C-list, and its Chinese ability defeated ChatGPT and Claude-v1.3. And its model GS-LLM has been on the list for the first time since the end of July. It has been in the first echelon among the 65 players on the C-list.