Accenture and Unilever Collaborate to Advance Artificial Intelligence Research and Technology Applications


The California state government has partnered with tech companies to invest $250 million to support journalism and AI research, with a plan to implement this over five years, including an initial allocation of $100 million in the first year. The funding is primarily aimed at developing California news organizations and AI research projects. This initiative aims to boost local news vitality and provide job opportunities, seen as a crucial breakthrough for the survival of journalism. The agreement has sparked controversy between the tech industry and lawmakers, with the initial proposal requiring tech companies to pay a percentage of advertising revenue in exchange for linking content, which faced strong opposition. The California News Publishers Association supports the agreement, believing it will benefit the local community.
An AI researcher from Oxford University has pointed out that large language models (LLMs) may pose a threat to scientific integrity. The research calls for a change in the use of LLMs, suggesting they be used as 'zero-shot translators' to ensure factual accuracy in outputs. Relying on LLMs as a source of information could jeopardize scientific truth, leading to calls for responsible use of LLMs. The study warns that casual use of LLMs in scientific papers could result in significant harm.
Alipay launched the "Agent Emergence Award" with a 10M yuan annual prize pool and a 1M yuan grand prize, open to no-code entries. A Hangzhou post-95 developer submitted 100+ works in 3 days, with ideas from netizens' wishes, sparking developer buzz.....
iFlytek launched Spark-ASR-2.0 on Sept 23, a new speech recognition model marking key upgrades in voice interaction and smart hardware. It rolls out in iFlytek Input from Sept 24, provides API services via its open platform, and will land on AI glasses and smart office devices.....
Anthropic is in early talks to lease up to 1 GW of compute from a data center developer backed by Apollo Global Management. The move aims to reduce reliance on cloud providers by directly securing compute supply. Scale, term and developer are not finalized.....