Financial Services Association, AI Daily, July 25 — The main contents of today's AI Daily Morning News include: institutions are intensively investigating AI mobile phone industry chain companies; Kuaishou Keling opens up the inside, and the basic model is upgraded.

▍ Institutions are intensively investigating AI mobile phone industry chain companies

Recently, market research firm Canalys released a report saying that in the second quarter of 2024, global smartphone market shipments increased 12% year-on-year to 0.288 billion units, achieving year-on-year growth for the third consecutive quarter. Optimism in the global smartphone market continues to heat up, driven by innovative generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology and a recovery in market demand. Institutional investors are also closely watching the AI mobile phone industry chain. According to the data, since the second quarter, the agency has intensively investigated 16 AI mobile phone industry chain companies, including Jiang Bolong, Hongsoft Technology, and Lingyi Intelligent Manufacturing. The agency believes that AI phones are expected to usher in a wave of switching and drive hardware upgrades in the fields of storage, sensors, heat dissipation, and batteries.

▍ JD: Will issue a stablecoin in Hong Kong based on a public blockchain and linked 1:1 to the Hong Kong dollar

JD will issue a cryptocurrency stablecoin pegged 1:1 to the Hong Kong dollar in Hong Kong. According to the official website of JD Coin Chain Technology (Hong Kong), a company under the JD Technology Group, JD stablecoin is a stablecoin based on a public chain and linked 1:1 to the Hong Kong dollar (HKD). Its reserves are composed of highly liquid and trustworthy assets. These assets are safely stored in separate accounts with licensed financial institutions, and the integrity of reserves is strictly verified through regular disclosure and audit reports. Earlier, on July 18, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced the list of participants in the stablecoin issuer “sandbox”, including JINGDONG Coinlink (Hong Kong).

▍ Kuaishou Keling opens the inside, and the basic model is upgraded

On July 24, Kuaishou Video Generation Big Model Keling AI announced that its basic model had undergone a new round of upgrades and that it would fully open up closed beta services. At the same time, Keling AI officially launched a membership system. Members are divided into three categories: gold, platinum, and diamond.

▍ Tongyi Big Model became the first AI big model technology provider for the Paris Olympics

The Paris Olympics will make extensive use of Chinese AI technology in fields such as event commentary, 360-degree live streaming, and visual search. Alibaba's Tongyi Big Model became the technology provider for the first AI big model application in the Olympics. In addition, the Paris Olympics will also launch the first large-scale model application, with technical support from Ali Tongyi Qianwen to assist in explaining various events.

▍ Daily interaction: maintain close interaction with Baidu in cutting-edge fields such as new artificial intelligence technology

Daily Interactive said on the interactive platform that Baidu, as the company's angel shareholder, has always closely cooperated with its business field, while maintaining close interaction in cutting-edge technology fields such as new artificial intelligence technology. In recent years, Baidu's Radish Express has rapidly implemented in the field of driverless cars, and is driving drastic changes in the industry. At the same time, the industry is also spawning more opportunities. Currently, the company has joined ecological partners to launch smart traffic scenario applications — Digital Intelligence Green Wave. Meanwhile, in recent years, the company has successively reached strategic cooperation with many automobile companies and automotive operating system suppliers such as Xiaomi, BYD DiLink, Lianyou Technology, and SAIC Passenger Vehicle.

▍ Ce Film and Television and Beijing Zhipu Huazhang jointly build an AI research platform in the field of film and television

Huace Film and Television announced that Huace Investment, a wholly-owned subsidiary, plans to jointly establish the Yancheng Zhihua Venture Capital Fund with Hainan Zhiqiao. Huace Investment will invest 0.1 billion yuan with its own capital, accounting for 99.99%. Yancheng Zhihua will directly or indirectly invest in the shares of Beijing Zhipu Huazhang Technology Co., Ltd. Beijing Zhipu Huazhang is a leading general-purpose artificial intelligence model company in China. On the basis of this investment, the company and Beijing Zhipu Huazhang will sign a strategic cooperation to jointly develop an intelligent film and television content generation device and a vertical model for film and television content review; jointly build a leading AI research platform in the domestic film and television field to jointly promote the Wensheng video standard jointly launched by the two sides to become a standard for industry application.

▍ IBM reports that artificial intelligence business orders increased revenue better than expected

International Business Machines (IBM) reports a surge in orders for its artificial intelligence business, thanks to customer efforts to adopt the latest technology. Orders for artificial intelligence consulting and software have exceeded $2 billion since mid-2023, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. This is double what IBM disclosed in its last April earnings report. IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said in an interview that about three-quarters of AI orders came from consulting, and the rest came from software. He also said that the share of revenue from software is likely to increase over time. IBM's second-quarter revenue increased 2% to $15.8 billion, slightly higher than analysts' average estimate of $15.6 billion. According to data compiled by the media, IBM's software division's revenue increased 7% to 6.7 billion US dollars, higher than analysts' expectations.

▍ Guo Mingyi: Apple will remove iPhone 17 Plus

Guo Mingyi, a well-known Apple analyst, said that currently Plus only accounts for about 5-10% of the total shipments of new iPhones, which means that the other three iPhone models (standard version, Pro and Pro Max) have covered the product range of high-end phones very well, and Plus has become an optional model. This new ultra-thin model is not positioned to replace Plus, but rather Apple is trying to find new design trends outside of the existing iPhone product line. The product positioning of the ultra-thin iPhone 17 is not to compete with hardware specifications (processor, camera, etc.), but rather focuses on innovative design.

▍ Microsoft says the EU is responsible for this global IT failure

A Microsoft spokesperson said in an interview with the media that the EU should be responsible for the world's largest IT system failure. The spokesperson said that due to EU restrictions, it was unable to lock down the Windows system, which was one of the causes of the biggest IT failure in the world.

▍ China Academy of Information and Communications Technology: China's total computing power is second in the world, and the number of supercomputations ranks first in the world

The China Academy of Information and Communication Technology released the “China Computing Power Center Service Provider Analysis Report (2024)” this month. According to the report, in terms of overall scale, as of 2023, the total number of computing power center racks in use in the country has exceeded 8.1 million standard racks, and the total computing power has reached 230 EFLOPS, ranking second in the world.