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Recently, Cluely, a startup co-founded by two Columbia University dropouts, Chungin Roy Lee and Neel Shanmugam, announced the completion of a $5.3 million seed funding round led by Abstract Ventures and Susa Ventures. Cluely primarily launched an AI tool called Interview Coder, dubbed an "interview cheating tool."

The AI world is abuzz! William Fedus, OpenAI's former VP of Training, has unexpectedly announced his departure, sending shockwaves through the tech community. This key figure, once at the forefront of the AI wave, isn't retiring or taking a break; instead, he's ambitiously launching a new venture focused on AI-driven materials science. Materials science? It seems a departure from the familiar world of chatbots and image generation models. Indeed, Fedus...

A new report from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) ranks the top 100 AI applications. Deepseek is among the notable newcomers making a strong showing in the top 50, challenging established leaders in the field.

Unitree Robotics collaborated with renowned livestreamer Li Jiaqi on Taobao Live, showcasing its latest products – the Unitree G1 robot and the Go2 robot dog – for the first time to the public. The livestream, which started at 8 PM, attracted a massive audience. Both robots performed exceptionally well, demonstrating impressive interactive capabilities. They not only completed challenging actions such as handshakes, forward and backward flips, and heart gestures, but also put on an entertaining show of a "robot walking a robot dog," leaving viewers amazed. Notably, the Go2 robot dog transformed into...

Recently, Rabbit released a blog post and a video showcasing the features of its 'Versatile Android Agent.' This agent can control applications on Android tablets, demonstrating capabilities that were lacking in the promised Rabbit R1 device from a year ago. While the Humane AI Pin has faced setbacks, Rabbit seems to be moving forward. During this demonstration, engineers did not use the Rabbit R1 device.

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Arthur Mensch, co-founder and CEO of the renowned French AI startup Mistral, stated that the company is fully committed to achieving its goal of an initial public offering (IPO). Founded in 2023 by researchers from tech giants like Google DeepMind and Meta, Mistral has rapidly risen in just two years, releasing a series of open-source AI models and launching chatbot-like technology.

As global competition in the field of artificial intelligence intensifies, domestic AI models are rapidly emerging. Recently, the three domestic AI contenders—DeepSeek, Kimi, and MiniMax—successfully launched new versions, demonstrating potential to compete with OpenAI's GPT series. On January 20, DeepSeek officially released DeepSeek-R1 and simultaneously open-sourced the model weights. DeepSeek-R1 heavily utilized reinforcement learning techniques during its post-training phase.

According to 36Kr, 'Dream Island,' a subsidiary of Yuewen Group, has officially announced the start of independent operations. This AI-based virtual interactive entertainment platform aims to provide immersive companionship experiences for female users. Currently, Dream Island has completed a new round of funding, raising over $10 million, with investors including SenseTime's Guoxiang Fund and strategic investors from Yuewen Group. It is reported that 'Dream Island' was initially incubated by Yuewen's female-focused web literature platform, Xiaoxiang Shuyuan. Since opening for testing in August 2023, the platform has attracted nearly five million users.

In the global fintech landscape, artificial intelligence is reshaping the way data is analyzed. London-based fintech company 9fin has recently completed a $50 million Series B funding, which will propel its AI-driven debt capital market analysis platform to the next level. Co-founder and CEO Steven Hunter stated that 9fin's core mission is to provide market professionals with smarter and faster data insights. Co-founder and CTO Huss El-Sheikh emphasized the importance of investing in top talent.