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The conflict in cooperation escalates. According to the latest report by The Wall Street Journal, the partnership between two major players in the artificial intelligence field, OpenAI and Microsoft, is facing severe challenges. Disputes over core issues such as equity structure, technical control rights, and business strategies have been continuously expanding. OpenAI's senior management has begun discussing the possibility of filing an anti-monopoly complaint with the regulatory authorities. This nuclear option may threaten their strategic partnership since 2019.

According to reports by The Wall Street Journal, the relationship between OpenAI and its largest investor, Microsoft, may be facing a major turning point. The report cites anonymous sources claiming that OpenAI executives are considering publicly accusing Microsoft of anti-competitive behavior during their collaboration. Additionally, OpenAI is discussing whether to seek federal regulatory review of its contract with Microsoft. OpenAI aims to weaken Microsoft's control over its intellectual property and computational resources, but the startup still needs Microsoft's approval as it completes its transition to profitability.

In the federal court in Washington, D.C., a major antitrust case against Google (Alphabet Inc.) is underway, with Judge Amit Mehta facing a difficult decision. As the trial progresses, the judge needs to decide whether to break up this tech giant to limit its monopolistic behavior in the search engine market. At the same time, he must also consider Google's significant advantages in the field of artificial intelligence. Last Friday, Google's legal team and representatives from the U.S. Department of Justice made their final arguments in court.

In the turbulent field of artificial intelligence in 2024, there have been revolutionary breakthroughs in large model technology. With the emergence of OpenAI's Sora and the launch of significant products by several tech giants, not only has the market monopoly of GPT-4 been broken, but there have also been dual breakthroughs in performance and pricing. This year, competition in the AI sector has been exceptionally fierce, with 18 companies intensively releasing over 70 models, including outstanding works that surpass the performance of GPT-4. Google's Gemini 1.5 Pro stands out with its groundbreaking capabilities in long-text processing and video understanding.

Recently, a federal lawsuit regarding a Minnesota law on 'using deepfake technology to influence elections' has sparked new controversy. The plaintiff's legal team pointed out in the latest legal documents that the affidavits supporting this law may contain text generated by artificial intelligence. Image source note: The image was generated by AI, provided by Midjourney according to reports from the Minnesota Reformer, where the state's Attorney General Keith Ellison had requested the Stanford Social Media Lab's assistance.

UK mobile operator Virgin Media O2 recently launched an innovative anti-fraud technology - an AI virtual grandma named 'Daisy', specifically designed to combat the rising tide of phone scams. This virtual grandma's sole task is to answer scam calls and delay the scammers as much as possible. When scammers dial a specific number set up by the operator, this AI robot, 'indistinguishable from a real person', will answer the call. According to O2, they have utilized multiple cutting-edge AI technologies and models.

In the fiercely competitive artificial intelligence hardware market, AMD has introduced its brand new MI325x AI chip, aiming to challenge Nvidia's latest Blackwell series chips for dominance. This new chip represents another significant move by AMD in the field of artificial intelligence computing, striving to expand its share in this lucrative market. The MI325x AI chip is designed to directly compete with Nvidia's Blackwell GPUs, which are widely regarded as the leaders in AI.

Procreate has announced an anti-AI commitment, refusing to use generative AI assistance on its platform, drawing attention from the creative community. The company argues that generative AI technology strips away humanity from the creative process and may be based on 'stealing' works, leading to a 'barren future'. While acknowledging the advantages of machine learning technology, Procreate firmly believes that the direction of AI development is flawed. Artists are concerned about AI models being trained on their works without permission, and the widespread application of AI technology could reduce job opportunities. This has prompted some digital illustrators...

OpenAI faces a challenge: how to address the issue of students using ChatGPT to cheat? Despite developing a 'watermark' technology capable of detecting ChatGPT-generated content with 99.9% accuracy, the tool has not been publicly released due to widespread concerns about student use of AI for cheating. Internal discussions have continued for nearly two years, with key factors hindering the release including the balance between maintaining transparency commitments and user loyalty, as well as worries about negative impacts on non-native English speakers. There is an urgent demand in the education sector, with concerns about the potential consequences of AI cheating.

Xiaomi's SU7 car has undergone a system upgrade to HyperOS 1.2.7, introducing key features like external wake-up defense and front vehicle recognition. This system update brings the highly anticipated 'external wake-up defense' functionality. When the vehicle is in P gear, the central control is locked, and all doors and windows are closed, this feature will automatically activate, effectively blocking voice wake-up attempts from outside, significantly enhancing the vehicle's security. This improvement directly addresses user feedback regarding the safety risks associated with external voice wake-ups.

On July 31, Kuaishou issued a statement regarding the counterfeit behavior of 'Keling AI' that has emerged on online platforms, reminding users to identify the genuine and prevent losses due to fraud. The statement pointed out that various forms of counterfeit behavior currently exist: some fake apps are circulating on websites and app stores; some websites misuse the Keling AI or Kuaishou logos to mislead users; and some accounts impersonate official accounts on social media platforms.

Anthropic's ClaudeBot web crawler frequently accessed the iFixit website within 24 hours, allegedly violating terms of use by unauthorized content usage and consuming development resources. iFixit has added a crawl-delay extension in robots.txt to limit crawler access. This incident also affected other websites, such as Read the Docs and Freelancer.com. AI companies like OpenAI refuse crawler access through robots.txt.