Italy's Data Protection Authority Fines OpenAI 15 Million for ChatGPT's GDPR ViolationsOn December 20th, the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) announced a 15 million (approximately $15.58 million USD) fine against OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company behind the generative AI application ChatGPT...

OpenAI Unveils Next-Generation Reasoning Model Series: o3 and o3-miniIn the early hours of December 21st, OpenAI officially released its latest research achievement: the next-generation reasoning model series, o3. This series comprises two models: the powerful, full-featured o3 and the task-optimized, lightweight o3-mini...

Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence (BAAI) Releases Evaluation Results for Over 100 Large Language Models: Rise of Multimodal Models, Application Landing CrucialBAAI recently released comprehensive and specialized evaluation results for over 100 open-source and commercially closed-source large language models (LLMs) from both domestic and international sources. These models encompass various modalities, including language, vision-language, text-to-image, text-to-video, and speech-language...

Aima A7 Plus: The "Two-Wheeled Luxury Coupe" for the Young Generation Officially LaunchedOn December 18th, Aima Electric Vehicles held a grand launch event at its Taizhou smart manufacturing factory, officially unveiling its year-end flagship product the Aima A7 Plus. Gao Hui, President of Aima Group's Electric Vehicle Business Department, stated that the Aima A7 Plus was born from the philosophy of "embracing user breakthroughs and seeking change," aiming to create a travel tool combining speed, excitement, and intelligence for young users...

Apple in Talks with Tencent for AI Model Integration into iPhones in China? Tencent Remains SilentOn December 19th, news that Apple is in talks with Tencent for a potential AI model collaboration sparked significant interest. Reports suggest Apple is negotiating with both Tencent and ByteDance to integrate their AI models into iPhones sold in China...

AODMap's Wheelchair Navigation Receives Major Upgrade: Now Covers 60 Cities, Enhancing AccessibilityAODMap recently released a user guide for its wheelchair navigation feature, signifying a significant upgrade to its accessibility services. Since its launch in 2022, AODMap's wheelchair navigation has expanded to cover 60 cities nationwide, offering wheelchair users more convenient and safer travel options...

In-Depth Exploration: The Kunming-Vientiane RailwayConnecting China and Laos, Building a New Chapter of DevelopmentThe completion and opening of the Kunming-Vientiane Railway has garnered widespread and enthusiastic attention in China, Laos, and across Southeast Asia. This railway's launch not only marks a significant breakthrough in infrastructure cooperation between China and Laos but also injects new vitality into regional economic development and brings unprecedented opportunities for regional connectivity...

The Collapse of Jietue Auto: Failure Despite Backing from Giants, and the Employees' PlightIn the early hours of December 13th, around 2 AM, Xia Yiping, CEO of Jietue Auto, remained trapped in a meeting room at the company's Shanghai headquarters. Hundreds of employees gathered outside, agitatedly demanding that Xia, along with major shareholders Baidu and Geely, provide solutions regarding the company's dissolution and employee compensation...

Geely and Baidu Jointly Declare Commitment to Addressing Jietu Auto Employee Social Security and Related IssuesOn December 13th, Geely Holding Group and Baidu Group issued a joint statement expressing their commitment to actively resolving challenges recently faced by Jietu Auto. The statement clearly indicates that as shareholders of Jietu Auto, Geely and Baidu will fully assist Jidu management in properly handling related matters, prioritizing employee welfare and user interests...

Cainiao International Express Launches Select Standard Product Express Line to Boost Cross-border Merchants' Peak Season GrowthOn December 13th, Cainiao International Express announced the launch of its Select Standard Product Express Line, aiming to help cross-border merchants seize the year-end peak season opportunities and achieve sales growth. This move is a positive response to the peak season demands of cross-border e-commerce merchants...

Yibobo Digital Technology Launches Yibobo Cloud Intelligent Computing Products and Services, Driving AI Industry DevelopmentOn December 13th, at the AICon Global Artificial Intelligence Development and Application Conference (AICon Beijing 2024), Li Shaopeng, CTO of Yibobo Digital Technology, officially launched several "Yibobo Cloud" intelligent computing products and services, marking a significant step for Yibobo Digital Technology in the field of artificial intelligence. Yibobo Cloud is not merely a simple computing power provider; it's a complete ecosystem encompassing four major sections: intelligent computing center construction and operation & maintenance, GPU container services, an advanced computing power laboratory, and an industry incubator...

Exposing the "Li Shanglong Talks AI" Scam: Anxiety Marketing, Fraudulent AI Courses, and Societal ImpactRecently, the self-media blogger "Li Shanglong Talks AI" has rapidly gained popularity on video platforms with videos on artificial intelligence and economic trends. However, his content is filled with overly pessimistic descriptions of China's economic and social conditions, used as a pretext to sell his overpriced AI courses...