vivoAI Officially Releases the Open Source BlueLM-7B Model Series, with Plans to Release 13B and Multi-modal 7B-vl Models in the Future


Google CEO Pichai avoided discussing AI in his Stanford commencement speech due to strong resistance from young people concerned about AI's impact on the job market. This follows incidents where executives faced boos and protests over AI topics, with dozens of students walking out during his address, highlighting AI's sensitivity among youth.....
Super Micro Computer announced a $7 billion equity financing plan, including $5 billion in underwritten stock offering and $2 billion in market issuance, to cover hardware procurement costs. This raised investor concerns over share dilution, leading to a 9% drop in after-hours trading.....
Chinese AI startup Jieyue Star is expected to submit its IPO application to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange this week, with a valuation as high as $12 billion, potentially becoming one of the largest IPOs in Hong Kong in recent years. The company was founded by Jiang Daxin, former vice president of Microsoft, in 2023. It has recently appointed Yin Qi of Megvii Technology as chairman and is accelerating its capital market strategy.
BYD executive vice president Li Ke confirmed the company is advancing its self-developed industrial humanoid robot project 'Yao Shun Yu', initiated in 2022 with a core R&D team of over 4,000. The prototype has evolved to the seventh generation, achieving a bipedal walking speed of 1.5 m/s and a rated load of 50 kg, marking BYD's entry into the embodied intelligence second growth curve.....
A UN report warns that global data center water consumption could double by 2030 due to AI growth, with current usage at 45 trillion liters, exceeding water needs of 600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa. Data centers consumed 448 TWh of electricity last year, more than Saudi Arabia's total, with AI accounting for one-fifth.....