February 20th, 2024, News

1. Musk refuses to accept shares in open AI

In an exchange with X users, billionaire Elon Musk revealed that despite being offered a stake in open AI, he refused to take it because he thought it seemed unethical/illegal. Musk expressed doubts about the legality of Open AI's corporate structure but did not elaborate on the timing, amount or source of the stake offer.

2. Dark Side of the Moon completed over US$1 billion in financing.

AI startup Dark Side of the Moon recently completed a new round of financing of more than US$1 billion, with investors including Sequoia China, Xiaohongshu, Meituan and Alibaba. This round of financing pushes Dark Side of the Moon’s valuation to approximately US$2.5 billion, consolidating its leadership in China’s large model field.

3. Net information office announced the fourth batch of depth synthesis service algorithm filing information

According to the "Internet Information Service Depth Synthesis Management Regulations", the Net Information Office recently released the fourth batch of depth synthesis service algorithm filing information, a total of 266 algorithms through the record, covering a variety of areas including scanning omnipotent king, vivo blue heart big model algorithm, etc., to further standardize the direction of the development of the depth of the synthesis service.

4. Musk Tesla is a global leader in real-world simulation and video generation

With open AI releasing a text to video model called Sora. Musk showed Tesla's video generation technology on social media, claiming that Tesla is the world's best in real-world simulation and video generation, and hinting at the possibility of launching related games in the future. Musk revealed that Tesla has been able to generate real-world videos for about a year using precise physics, a technology that coincides with the idea of Sora.

5. UK AI chip unicorn Graphcore explores overseas sales

British AI chip company Graphcore, which is struggling to make a profit amid the AI boom, is considering selling itself to an overseas buyer. According to industry sources, Graphcore has discussed potential transactions with a number of major technology companies to seek new funds to ease financial pressure. It is estimated that the transaction value may exceed US$500 million.

6. ElevenLabs AI dubbing technology Sora video reproduces the charm of sound

ElevenLabs, a voice technology startup, recently launched an AI dubbing technology to add lifelike voices to Sora videos. Netizens marveled at the progress of AI movie production technology and are one step closer to movies completely generated by AI.

7. UC Berkeley launches big world model, AI processing power reaches new high

UC Berkeley’s newly released big event model is at the top of the GitHub hot list and supports context windows of up to one million tokens. Demonstrated strong ability to process multi-modal information, including the ability to accurately find target text and watch an hour of video at a time.