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On March 31, Qianxun Intelligence (Spirit AI), a leading company in the embodied AI field, announced the completion of a Pre-A round of funding totaling 528 million RMB. This round was led by Prosperity7 Ventures (P7), an affiliate of Aramco Ventures, with participation from several renowned investors including China Merchants Venture Capital, GF Securities, Jingya Capital, Orient Capital, and Huacontrol Investment.

Alibaba Cloud has partnered with ten universities and government agencies, including the National University of Singapore and Thailand's Digital Economy Promotion Agency, to launch AI and cloud computing training programs. This collaboration spans seven major Asian countries and regions, including Thailand, Singapore, and Hong Kong, aiming to cultivate digital talent. Alibaba Cloud will jointly establish a Skills Center in Singapore with the National University of Singapore's Research & Analytics Institute and Macroview International Management Institute. This center will provide cutting-edge training in big data and AI for students and working professionals.

Alibaba has open-sourced its new inference model, Tongyi Qianwen QwQ-32B, enabling users with consumer-grade GPUs to achieve surprisingly high performance. This makes advanced AI capabilities accessible to a wider audience.

The rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) large language model technology in recent years has led to a price war intensifying market competition. DataBao's latest statistics indicate this downward price trend will continue in 2025. Recently, companies like ByteDance and Alibaba Cloud have announced price reductions for their AI large language models, attracting significant industry attention. For example, ByteDance's Doubao large language model announced a price cut in December last year, reducing the price of its visual understanding model to 0.003 yuan/thousand tokens.

Recently, the well-known AI company DeepSeek has been actively expanding its workforce in response to rapid user growth. According to a recruitment platform, Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence (AI) Fundamental Technology Research Co., Ltd., has posted multiple job openings covering various fields, including deep learning researchers, core system development engineers, and senior UI designers, with job locations in Beijing or Hangzhou.

Against the backdrop of the rapidly growing artificial intelligence industry, AI voice technology company Sibichi recently announced the successful completion of a financing round totaling 500 million yuan. Participants in this financing include several well-known industrial funds, state-owned platforms, and private equity funds, marking a significant boost in Sibichi's support in the capital market. Founded in 2007, Sibichi is one of the early companies focusing on the AI field in China, initially centered around AI voice technology and has since expanded into integrated software and hardware solutions and AI hardware products. In the future, Sibichi will ...

On December 18th, at the Volcano Engine FORCE Power Conference, Volcano Engine President Tan Dai unveiled the new Doubao Visual Understanding Model. This model processes both text and image-related information simultaneously, providing more accurate answers. The new model excels in content recognition, understanding, and reasoning capabilities, featuring more nuanced visual description abilities, which brings stronger intelligent processing capabilities to enterprise users. Tan Dai revealed at the conference that the Doubao Visual Understanding Model has achieved significant technological breakthroughs and has also seen a dramatic reduction in pricing.

Tech giants Google and Samsung have recently unveiled a new generation of mixed reality headsets and smart AI glasses. These devices not only feature significant hardware upgrades but also integrate deeply with Google's latest Gemini AI model, showcasing their ambitious goals in the mixed reality field. Both devices support Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) functionalities, but their biggest highlight is the deep application of AI. With Gemini's powerful computing capabilities, these devices can understand user intentions.

The video generation feature for Doubao on PC, a product of ByteDance, has entered its beta testing phase, with some users already receiving access. After applying for the beta test, users can visit doubao.com, select the 'Video Generation' feature, upload images, and input prompt words while also adding camera movements and storyboard information to generate video content. During the beta phase, users can generate up to ten videos for free each day.