Babbitt | Metaverse daily must-read: "Almost all large-scale models in China are PR projects", reflect on domestic large-scale models, if the bubble is inevitable, how should we face this revolution?

Abstract: Recently, Roger McNamee, an early investor in Facebook, criticized people’s enthusiasm for AI on CNBC, “forgetting the pain caused by the technology bubble in the past.” Similarly, in China, facing more and more large-scale models, some calm-headed people also showed their worries. “There are so many large models, how many of them really have their own technology?” "How many companies can continue to invest?

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Chinese online and other 26 units jointly released the industry’s first AIGC data copyright proposal

According to a report by the Financial Associated Press on June 7, the Copyright Association of China hosted the 54th cultural lecture “Discussion on Copyright Issues of Artificial Intelligence Generated Content” at Yuanjifang. In this event, 26 units including Chinese Online, Tongfang Knowledge Network, and China Workers Publishing House jointly released the first domestic proposal on the copyright of AIGC training data. As the industry’s first AIGC data copyright proposal, its greatest value lies in two points: one is to awaken domestic AI companies’ copyright awareness of large model training data; the other is to provide directional guidance for AIGC developers to avoid copyright disputes.

2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference theme and key visual release Microsoft, Google, Nvidia, OpenAI, etc. will attend the conference

The 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference will be held in Shanghai on July 6-8, with the theme of “Intelligently Connected World Creates the Future”. It is expected that more than 1,400 domestic and foreign celebrities will attend, including Turing Award winners, Nobel Prize winners, representatives of international organizations, foreign academicians, entrepreneurs/CEOs at home and abroad, etc. The meeting will focus on ten topics including large models, AI for Science, general intelligent agents, computing power, metaverse, and talents. Large-scale model products that are well-known in China will debut, and at the same time, the large-scale model team of an international leading company will make a major debut. This year, it has attracted dozens of international institutions, top international academic circles and foreign-funded enterprises, including Microsoft, Google, Intel, Nvidia, OpenAI, etc. Up to now, more than 30 new products have been confirmed for the first debut, covering large models, chips, robots, intelligent driving and other fields. Tens of billions of procurement demands will be released on the spot to provide exhibitors with a business cooperation platform for accurate docking. (Financial Association)

OpenAI CEO says no plans to go public

According to the Financial Associated Press, on Tuesday (June 6) local time, Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of the American technology company OpenAI, said that due to the very strange company structure, there is no plan to go public.

With the phenomenal application of the chat robot ChatGPT, OpenAI is one of the hottest unicorn companies in the world right now. Whether and when the company will go public has naturally become a topic of concern in the capital market. “When we develop a superintelligence, we may make some decisions that would be very strange to most investors,” Altman said at a conference in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. Asked whether he would take OpenAI public At the time, Altman replied: “I don’t want to be sued by the open market and Wall Street and so on, so, (the answer is) no, not that interested.”

PayPal survey: Metaverse is currently focusing on games, and the total spending of Metaverse is expected to reach $72.6 billion next year

Babbitt News, PayPal released the survey results on the theme of “Metaverse and Money”, which shows that the current focus of the Metaverse is games. Metaverse users have a higher adoption rate of cryptocurrencies, NFT, DeFi, and VR, with 80% of Metaverse users using cryptocurrency, 50% of Metaverse users owning NFT, and 23% of Metaverse users using DeFi products. Among them, Bitcoin is the most used cryptocurrency by Metaverse users, followed by Ethereum. PayPal said it expects total spending on Metaverse to hit $72.6 billion next year and average $92.7 billion a year over the next five years.

Apple CEO Cook: Vision Pro is the most advanced electronic device and is paying close attention to ChatGPT

According to a June 7 report by the Financial Associated Press, Apple CEO Cook said in an interview with the media that while Apple has clearly integrated artificial intelligence into its products, the general public may not necessarily think of these functions as artificial intelligence, adding that Apple is paying close attention to ChatGPT. Cook noted that chatbots driven by large language models, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard, show “huge promise,” but also have the potential for bias, misinformation, and other issues that could, in some cases, lead to more serious problems. bad question. Cook also said that the newly released Vision Pro headset is the most advanced electronic device currently, and this product marks a turning point for Apple.

SenseTime and Shanghai AI Lab released a large model of “Scholar·Puyu”

According to SenseTime, recently, SenseTime, Shanghai AI Lab, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Fudan University, and Shanghai Jiaotong University released a language model with hundreds of billions of parameters, “Scholar·Puyu” (InternLM). “Scholar Puyu” has 104 billion parameters and is trained on a multilingual high-quality data set containing 1.6 trillion tokens. The comprehensive evaluation results show that “Scholar·Puyu” not only performed well in multiple test tasks such as knowledge mastery, reading comprehension, mathematical reasoning, and multilingual translation, but also has a strong comprehensive ability, so he performed outstandingly in the comprehensive test , which surpassed ChatGPT in many Chinese exams, including the data sets of various subjects in the Chinese college entrance examination.

Google Cloud launched a free AI education course Generative Al, and users can get skill badges for completing tasks

Babbitt News, Google Cloud recently announced the launch of a set of free online education courses Generative Al, designed to teach the basics of generative artificial intelligence systems, from the basics of large language models to how to create and deploy generative AI on Google Cloud solution. Users complete learning tasks to earn the Generative AI Explorer–Vertex AI badge.

News that Instagram is developing an AI chatbot with 30 different personalities

According to news from IT House on June 7, mobile developer Alessandro Paluzzi tweeted yesterday that Instagram seems to be developing an AI chatbot that can answer questions, provide help, and assist in writing messages. Compilation, so that the functional expansion of the platform can be predicted in time. According to Paluzzi, the chatbot offers 30 different personality traits for users to choose from, which means that users can “find their favorite way to chat”.

Singapore Deputy Prime Minister: AI will disrupt the labor market, but it will not cause jobs to disappear

According to a Netease Technology report on June 7, Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Huang Xuncai said that new technologies, including artificial intelligence, will disrupt the labor market, but will not completely eliminate employment opportunities.

Science and technology can actually improve human productivity and create more jobs, he told the Tech Asia x Singapore summit on Tuesday. Regulators need to provide “comprehensive support” in matching people to jobs and skills training, he added. Lawrence Wong said: “This requires the government, industry, and skills training institutions to be coordinated and proactive.” Lawrence Wong said that Singapore has launched the world’s first testing toolkit, AI Verify, to help companies objectively evaluate and verify whether artificial intelligence products are responsible and comply with international standards. in principle. Singapore will continue to work with the AI industry on pilot projects and promote the development of AI testing standards.

Investment and Financing:

AI digital human service provider FOCO received tens of millions of yuan in angel round financing, and Sinovation Ventures exclusively led the investment

According to the “Kechuang Board Daily” report on June 7, recently, FOCO, a provider of AI digital human solutions, completed tens of millions of yuan in angel round financing, which was exclusively led by Sinovation Ventures. The financing will be mainly used for the construction of the technical team and the research and development of the underlying technology.

Metaverse recommended reading:

"Reflection on domestic large-scale models: If the bubble is inevitable, how should we face this revolution? "

Recently, Roger McNamee, an early investor in Facebook, criticized people’s enthusiasm for AI on CNBC, “forgetting the pain caused by the technology bubble in the past.” Similarly, in China, facing more and more large-scale models, some calm-headed people also showed their worries. “There are so many large models, how many of them really have their own technology?” "How many companies can continue to invest?

Founding Partner of a16z: Why AI Will Save the World? "

MARC ANDREESSEN, founding partner of a16z, believes that AI offers the opportunity to augment human intelligence, allowing us to achieve better results in various fields. Everyone can have an AI mentor, assistant or partner to help us maximize our potential. AI can also drive economic growth, scientific breakthroughs and artistic creation, improve decision-making and reduce casualties in war. However, there are risks in the development of AI, and while the current moral panic may exaggerate the problem, some of these actors may be acting in their own interest.

“Apple headset, savior or shooting star”

In the past two years, influenced by the concept of “Metaverse”, the XR (extended reality, including AR, VR, MR) industry has experienced a round of ups and downs. Chinese and foreign technology companies such as Microsoft, Meta (formerly Facebook), Tencent, and ByteDance have entered the market one after another, building XR teams, developing software and hardware, and collectively adjusted and abolished their businesses at the beginning of this year. The release of Vision Pro has brought new vitality to the XR industry. Zhao Siquan, a senior analyst at IDC China, judged that it is difficult for Apple to achieve a leapfrog development of the industry with a new generation of new products. The yield rate and mass production time of new display and interactive technology components in the industry are still uncertain, and major technical problems still need to be overcome; but Vision Pro’s The release is a positive signal for the hardware research and development, content ecological upgrading and new technology development of the industry chain in the whole industry.

“AI Wars College Entrance Exam Composition! Tested 8 “artifacts” such as ChatGPT, Wenxin Yiyan, Tongyi Qianwen”

I have always heard that AI has passed the bar exam and competed in high-level math questions. This time, we let AI write essays for the college entrance examination to see how good it is. In this article, we have measured ChatGPT, Microsoft New Bing, Baidu “Wenxin Yiyan”, Ali “Tongyi Qianwen”, Kunlun Wanwei “Tiangong”, Dingding Slash “/”, HKUST Xunfei "Xun “Flying Spark” and 360 Zhinao challenged the performance of the national A-level composition questions.