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ByteDance Launches Top Seed Program to Recruit AI Talent from the Class of 2026

ByteDance recently announced the official launch of its "Top Seed" program for recruiting top AI talent from the class of 2026. The program aims to recruit approximately 30 outstanding doctoral students. This initiative focuses on cutting-edge artificial intelligence, encompassing research areas such as large language models, machine learning algorithms and systems, multi-modal generation and understanding, and speech processing. ByteDance hopes to attract young talents with strong potential and passion in the field of large language model research. Unlike previous recruitment plans, this year's "Top Seed" program emphasizes no restrictions on academic background.

ByteDance Unveils QuaDMix: A Unified Framework for Large Language Model Pre-training Data Quality and Diversity

Elon Musk's xAI Sparks Pollution Controversy in Memphis

Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, has recently sparked controversy in Memphis, Tennessee. The company is building a massive supercomputer in the area to support its operations. However, since the supercomputer became operational last summer, community residents and environmental activists have stated that the facility has become one of the main sources of air pollution locally. Image Note: Image generated by AI, image licensing service Midjourney. In response to these concerns, the Memphis City Health Department has scheduled a first public hearing for Friday.

Apple's AI Strategy Overhaul: After Siri Shakeup, Mysterious Robotics Team Moves to Hardware Division

Tech giant Apple recently made another significant adjustment to its artificial intelligence (AI) division. According to sources, Apple plans to transfer its secretive robotics team from the purview of AI chief John Giannandrea to senior vice president of hardware engineering, John Ternus, later this month. This follows the March move of the underperforming Siri voice assistant business away from Giannandrea. A series of...

Google I/O 2025 Outlook: Material 3, Android XR, and Generative AI Reshape Developer Experience

At this morning's Google I/O 2025 conference, Google announced a series of exciting new technologies, further showcasing its latest advancements in artificial intelligence, immersive experiences, and developer tools. Here are the major highlights we can expect: 1. Material 3 Expressive: The Future of Expressive Design. Google will unveil Material 3 Expressive at the conference, a new design system described as "the future of Google's user experience design." Material 3 Ex...

Zhipu Announces Price Cuts for Multiple Large Language Models, with GLM-4-Plus Dropping 90%

Zhipu BigModel's open platform has adjusted prices for several of its model offerings. GLM-4-FlashX, for example, is now priced at just 10 RMB per 100 million tokens. Built on a powerful pre-trained base, this model boasts exceptionally fast inference speeds and functional capabilities comparable to GPT-4, excelling in data extraction, generation, and translation.

NVIDIA Unveils Multimodal LLM Describe Anything: Generating Detailed Descriptions of Specific Regions

The NVIDIA AI team has released a revolutionary multimodal large language model—Describe Anything 3B (DAM-3B)—designed for detailed, region-specific descriptions of images and videos. This model, with its innovative technology and superior performance, has generated significant discussion in the multimodal learning field, marking another milestone in AI development. Below, AIBase outlines the model's core highlights and industry impact. A breakthrough in region-specific descriptions, DAM-3B stands out for its unique ability to...

AWS Releases SWE-PolyBench: A New Open-Source Benchmark for Evaluating AI Programming Assistants

AWS AI Labs recently introduced SWE-PolyBench, a multilingual open-source benchmark designed to provide a more comprehensive framework for evaluating AI programming assistants. With advancements in large language models (LLMs), AI programming assistants capable of generating, modifying, and understanding software code have shown significant progress. However, current evaluation methods remain limited, with many benchmarks focusing solely on single languages like Python, failing to offer a complete picture.

Fujitsu and Nutanix Launch Takane, a Japanese Large Language Model, Targeting the Enterprise Private AI Market

Fujitsu and Nutanix have collaborated to release Takane, a powerful Japanese large language model designed for enterprise private cloud deployments. This collaboration aims to provide businesses with a secure and efficient solution for leveraging AI within their own infrastructure.

Buffett's $265 Billion Portfolio Reveals Four Promising AI Stocks?

Warren Buffett, the legendary investor who has helmed Berkshire Hathaway since 1965, is renowned for his incredible long-term returns. While he's known for avoiding market fads, over a third (34.4%) of his $265 billion portfolio is invested in four companies actively embracing Artificial Intelligence (AI). What's the story? The unexpected intersection of Buffett's investment philosophy and AI.