Ant Financial Releases Financial Large Model: Two Application Products Zhixiao Bao 2.0 and Zhixiao Zhu Will Launch After Filing

Ant Group unveiled a financial large model at the Bund Summit, based on its self-developed foundational large model, deeply customized for the financial industry, with a bottom-level computing cluster reaching a scale of ten thousand cards. The Ant Financial Large Model has demonstrated outstanding performance in financial specific tasks and has been comprehensively tested on wealth and insurance platforms. Ant Group also released two products based on the capabilities of the financial large model, namely the intelligent financial assistant "ZhiXiaoBao 2.0" and the intelligent business assistant "ZhiXiaoZhu 1.0", which will go live after completing the necessary filings. The Ant Financial Large Model is set to bring more natural interactions and more personalized service customization to the financial industry.

Shanghai Bank Launches Its First Hu-Shang Language Interactive AI Application to Support Smart Elderly Financial Services

Enterprises such as Shanghai Caiyue Star and Shanghai Bank signed a strategic cooperation agreement, launching the country's first complete Hu-Shang language interactive AI application, supporting elderly financial services and dialect intelligent system construction, providing more convenient financial services for elderly people who are accustomed to dialects.

Hang Seng Electronic Financial Model LightGPT Upgrade Launches Financial Intelligent Assistant Photon

The Hang Seng Financial Technology Conference announced the upgrade results and open product beta testing for the financial large model LightGPT. The LightGPT model has seen improvements in overall performance, safety compliance, and inference speed. Hang Seng introduced the financial intelligent assistant Photon to bridge the gap between large models and real-world applications. Intelligent products powered by Photon include Photon・Wenqu, Photon・Fangyuan, Photon・Shance, and Photon・Huiying. Hang Seng's subsidiary Hang Seng Juyuan also presented the latest product upgrades of the intelligent investment research platform WarrenQ.

The Performance of Google's Quantum AI Chip Outperforms Classical Computers

Recently, the Google Quantum AI team made remarkable progress, showing that current Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) computers can complete benchmark calculations that would take classical computers years to process. This research was published in the journal Nature and utilized the random circuit sampling benchmark, which is one of the most challenging tasks currently executable by quantum computers. Image credit: This image was generated by AI, courtesy of image licensing provider Midjourney. This finding indicates that although quantum computers still have limitations.

IBM States Mainframes Are Indispensable in the Age of AI

As the wave of artificial intelligence sweeps through the global technology industry, a veteran is preparing to take the stage again. IBM recently released a 28-page report titled 'Mainframes as the Backbone of Digital Transformation,' aiming to prove that this 60-year-old computing platform is still essential in the AI era. The report, authored by IBM's Institute for Business Value, not only showcases the current state of mainframes but also outlines their crucial role in AI-driven digital transformation. The report indicates that 79% of IT executives believe that mainframes are vital for achieving AI-driven innovation.

AI Pioneer and Nobel Laureate Warns: Artificial Intelligence May Spiral Out of Control, Future Looks Grim!

Recently, two Nobel Prize winners in Physics have been closely related to artificial intelligence, one of whom is the so-called 'Godfather of AI,' Geoffrey Hinton. Hinton's research in 2012 laid the groundwork for today's neural networks, but in 2023, he chose to leave Google and began issuing warnings about artificial intelligence. Source note: The image is generated by AI, and Hinton discussed his reasons for resigning in an interview with The New York Times last year, stating that he once believed Google was a 'suitable'...