Ancient Ocean Sediments Discovered Beneath Martian Surface: Key Evidence for Martian HabitabilityA team led by researcher Fang Guangyou from the Institute of Space and Earth Information Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, analyzed data from the Zhurong rover's radar and discovered multiple layers of inclined sedimentary structures buried 10 to 35 meters beneath the surface of Utopia Planitia in southern Mars. This landmark discovery provides the most direct subsurface evidence to date for the existence of an ancient ocean in the mid-to-low latitudes of Mars...

The 2025 Beijing Artificial Intelligence Industry Innovation and Development Conference: Focusing on Large Models, Leading the Upgrading of Industrial IntelligenceOn February 28, 2025, the third Beijing Artificial Intelligence Industry Innovation and Development Conference was grandly held at the National Convention Center Phase II. Themed "Artificial Intelligence: Empowering Industries, Leading the Future," the conference brought together heavyweight guests from government, industry, academia, and investment circles to discuss the latest technological breakthroughs, industry development trends, and future directions in the field of artificial intelligence...

Alibaba's Wanxiang Large Model: Tops Hugging Face Charts After Just Six Days of Open Source, Millions of Downloads Ignite Global CommunityAlibaba's large language model, Wanxiang, has rapidly ascended to the top of Hugging Face's trending models and model spaces charts just six days after its open-source release. Its exceptional performance and broad applicability have made it the most prominent focus in the global open-source community recently...

New Energy Vehicle Insurance Policy Lands: Multiple Departments Collaborate to Solve High Claims Payment Challenges and Promote High-Quality Industry DevelopmentRecently, the National Financial Regulatory Administration, in conjunction with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other departments, issued the "Guiding Opinions on Deepening Reform, Strengthening Supervision, and Promoting High-Quality Development of New Energy Vehicle Insurance" (hereinafter referred to as the "Guiding Opinions"), pressing the "accelerator" for the development of new energy vehicle insurance. This policy's release comes at a critical juncture where the popularity of new energy vehicles is accelerating, yet the industry faces challenges such as high claims rates and soaring repair costs...

Quadrupedal Robots: A New Force in Smart Airport InspectionsOn February 27th, a unique inspection operation took place at an airport. The protagonist wasn't human personnel, but a nimble and agile quadrupedal robot...

Alipay Partners with American Express to Offer Global Tourists a Smoother Chinese Payment ExperienceThe collaboration between Alipay and American Express marks a new milestone for Alipay's "foreign card, domestic binding" service. This partnership will enable eligible American Express cardholders worldwide to use Alipay for transactions within China...

Salesforce and Google Forge Multi-Billion Dollar Cloud Partnership, Challenging Microsoft's DominanceOn February 25th, Salesforce Inc., a leading customer relationship management (CRM) solutions provider, and Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc...

Seres and China Aerospace Science and Technology Electronic Technology Research Institute Join Forces to Build a New Future for the Smart New Energy Vehicle IndustryOn February 20th, in Beijing, a momentous occasion marking a new milestone in the development of China's new energy vehicle (NEV) industry unfolded: Seres Group Co., Ltd...

Former OpenAI executives launch AI startup ThinkingMachinesLab, aiming for broader human-machine collaborationOn February 19, 2024, former OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati and several other former OpenAI executives launched an AI startup called ThinkingMachinesLab, sparking widespread industry interest. The new company is dedicated to building AI models and products that support human-machine collaboration across various work domains...

Baidu's Ernie Bot Goes Completely Free: 430 Million Users to Experience Upgraded AI Service Starting April 1stOn February 13th, Baidu announced that its AI conversational product, Ernie Bot (Wenxin Yiyn), will be completely free to access starting at 00:00 on April 1st. This means all PC and app users will be able to enjoy numerous upgraded features powered by the latest Wenxin series model, including ultra-long document processing, enhanced professional search, advanced AI painting, and multilingual conversation...

Biomimetic Mineralization-Based Smart Glasses: Achieving High-Precision Eye-Controlled Human-Computer InteractionA research team led by Song Yanlin and Su Meng from the Green Printing Laboratory at the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has achieved a significant breakthrough in the research of controllable printing of multi-dimensional and multifunctional micro-nano sensor devices. Recently, the team successfully fabricated large-grain perovskite films on a glass substrate using a biomimetic mineralization strategy...

The Convergence of GenAI and Smartphones: Transforming Memory Solutions and Reshaping the Competitive LandscapeSmartphones, ubiquitous devices in our daily lives, are undergoing a transformation driven by the integration of Generative AI (GenAI). A recent Counterpoint Research report highlights that while this convergence promises significant productivity enhancements, it also places unprecedented demands on memory solutions, profoundly altering the competitive landscape...