Core News丨Baidu will release a pair of smart glasses with built-in AI assistant

❶ Baidu will release a pair of smart glasses with a built-in AI assistant

On November 8, Bloomberg reported that Baidu is preparing to launch a pair of smart glasses with a built-in Xiaodu AI assistant, and plans to demonstrate it at the 2024 Baidu World Conference in Shanghai on November 12. The AI ​​glasses have a built-in camera, so they can take photos and videos, and will support voice interaction functions built on the Baidu Wenxin basic model. (IT Home)

❷CGN Technology's subsidiary won the bid for a 183 million yuan photovoltaic cable project

On November 7, CGN Technology announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Jiangsu CGN Jinwo Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. recently received the winning bid result and was determined to have won the CGN New Energy 2024-2025 cable equipment framework procurement (fifth bid section: photovoltaic special cable) project with a winning bid amount of 183 million yuan. The bidder is CGN Wind Power Co., Ltd., a holding subsidiary of the company's actual controller, China General Nuclear Power Group Co., Ltd., and this transaction constitutes an affiliated transaction. (Every Jingwang)

❸ ByteDance AI assistant Doubao starts internal testing of video generation

Doubao, a large-scale AI assistant under ByteDance, has officially launched the internal beta test of video generation, which means that ByteDance has officially entered the field of AI video generation after companies such as Kuaishou, SenseTime, and Minimax. Doubao's official website said that Doubao video generation supports one-click formation of pictures and texts, "can transform information into vivid and realistic video content. It supports cool dynamics and camera movements, multiple shots remain consistent, and the style and proportion can be freely selected." (Titanium Media)

❹Xpeng Motors announced that future AI cars will be equipped with at least three Turing chips to enhance autonomous driving capabilities

Xpeng Motors announced at the 2024 Xpeng AI Technology Day that its self-developed Turing AI chip has made the latest progress. The chip has a 40-core processor, can run large models with 30B parameters locally, and integrates 2 NPUs and domain-specific architectures for neural networks. The performance of the Xpeng Turing chip is said to be equivalent to three NVIDIA Orin X chips, and can be widely used in AI robots, AI cars, and flying cars. In the future, Xpeng AI cars will be equipped with at least 3 Turing chips. In addition, He Xiaopeng predicts that there may be only 7 mainstream Chinese car brands in the next ten years. Xpeng Motors aims to sell 1 million AI cars annually, and half of its sales will come from overseas. (Aijiwei)