The AI financing boom continues as multiple companies receive massive investments.

Recently, several artificial intelligence companies have completed a new round of financing. Zhipu AI completed over 2.5 billion yuan in financing, with participation from several well-known enterprises and institutions. Baichuan Intelligence received $300 million in Series A1 financing, with tech giants such as Alibaba, Tencent, and Xiaomi participating. In addition, AI companies like Jikongjian, Mind Foundry, Riffusion, and Reality Defender have also announced the completion of new rounds of financing.

In the field of large models, Baidu has released the Wenxin Large Model version 4.0, with Li Yanhong stating that its overall level is comparable to GPT-4. The National Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has open-sourced the astronomical large model StarWhisper. South Korea's SK Telecom has collaborated with Deutsche Telekom to develop an AI large language model. Stanford University has released the "Transparency Metrics" for AI foundational models, with Meta's Llama 2 scoring 54% to top the list. Alibaba's Damo Academy has launched a remote sensing AI large model, Adept has released the Fuyu-8B multimodal model with 8 billion parameters, and Peking University has open-sourced the CodeShell model with 7 billion parameters.

In terms of applications, Tmall Genie announced the full launch of the "Genie Big Model", and Baidu Baijiahao is conducting internal testing for the "Baijiahao AI Assistant". Kunlun Wanwei stated that the Tiangong AI Assistant App has begun internal testing. Kugou Music version 12.0 has added features such as AI intelligent image matching, and vivo's self-developed AI big model will be implemented in the OriginOS 4 system. The American AI company Jasper has launched new AI marketing tools, and the AI programming language Mojo has landed on the Mac platform.

In terms of regulation, the EU plans to classify AI models into three categories for differentiated regulation. In corporate developments, Apple plans to invest $1 billion annually in generative AI, Intel has launched its first AI PC acceleration program, and Meta AI has released a new system that can decode brain activity.

The views on the impact of AI vary among industry insiders. Early investors in OpenAI believe that 80% of jobs will be replaced by AI in the next decade, while the CEO of OpenAI stated that AI devices will not be as ubiquitous as smartphones in the future. Despite the proliferation of AI tools, reports indicate that the demand for human writing remains strong. IDC predicts that spending on generative AI will reach $143 billion by 2027.