8. Kyocera announced its withdrawal from the mobile phone market

Global News reported on May 16 that Japanese mobile phone brand Kyocera announced that it will withdraw from the consumer mobile phone business and will focus on providing services to corporate customers. According to the financial report released by Kyocera, in February this year, Kyocera lost 2.27 billion yen. As profitability declined, the company said it had to take some measures and chose to cut consumer products. Kyocera President Hideo Tanimoto said, "We can no longer find mass-market sales." Kyocera has been producing mobile phones since 1989 and has also been involved in various fields. It not only produces technical ceramics, but also has electronics, telecommunications and other businesses. However, it eventually lost out in the competition in the smartphone market.

This exit marks the company’s failure in the smartphone market. It is worth noting that in 2001, Kyocera formed a joint venture with China Zhenhua Technology to establish Kyocera Zhenhua Communication Equipment Company to produce mobile phone terminals and sell them in the Chinese market. However, due to the lack of price advantage, it was difficult to open the market. Finally, in 2008, Kyocera announced its withdrawal from the Chinese mobile phone market. However, even in the local market, Kyocera failed to compete with local manufacturers such as Sony and Sharp, or brands such as Apple, Xiaomi, and OPPO, and was gradually marginalized.

9. China Mobile completed the verification of direct connection of 5G mobile phone terminals to the satellite laboratory

"Securities Times" reported on May 16 that recently, China Mobile Research Institute, together with industry partners such as OPPO, ZTE, Keysight, etc., jointly completed laboratory testing and verification of direct connection of 5G mobile phone terminals to satellites. Based on the completion of the world's first operator terminal direct-connection satellite field test in August 2022, this test verification will carry out the first domestic IoT-NTN satellite communication 5G mobile phone test verification for enhanced feature solutions such as capacity, delay, and speed. , with good performance.

This laboratory test verified the ability of 5G mobile phone terminals to directly connect to satellite technology, provided guidance for the commercial implementation of IoT NTN technology, and helped build a space-ground integrated network with ubiquitous connections, rich scenarios, and highly integrated industrial chains.

10. 360 will launch the 100-billion-level language model 360GLM

On May 16, the official WeChat public account of 360 announced that it had reached a strategic cooperation with Zhipu AI to jointly develop the 100 billion-level large language model 360GLM. 360 officially stated that the 100-billion-level large language model 360GLM developed by it and Zhipu AI has reached the level of a new generation of cognitive intelligence general model. 360 is committed to implementing the artificial intelligence development strategy of "two wings flying together + four channels concurrently". It claims that through 360's intelligent core technology and advantageous scenarios, large model technology can obtain more extensive and in-depth implementation scenarios, empowering more industries.

Zhou Hongyi said that China should establish an industry-research collaborative innovation model of large technology companies + key scientific research institutions, and create China's "Microsoft + OpenAI" combination to lead large-model technology research. He said that this cooperation with Zhipu AI draws on this collaborative relationship between industry and research. Through this cooperation, 360 has formed a large-scale model layout driven by independent research and development + cooperative research and development "dual engines".

11. It is reported that OpenAI is preparing a new open source AI model

According to the Financial Associated Press on May 16, according to people familiar with the matter, OpenAI is preparing to release a new open source language model to the public. Currently, open source alternatives to ChatGPT are emerging, and it is unlikely that OpenAI will release a model that competes with ChatGPT. Microsoft Corp. announced a multibillion-dollar investment in OpenAI in January, deepening ties with the startup and setting the stage for more competition with rivals.

At present, OpenAI's valuation is nearly 30 billion US dollars, which contains huge potential, but also contains many uncertainties. At present, in addition to Microsoft, Alphabet and Meta have launched similar products, and large companies such as Apple are also eager to join the competition, hoping to develop their own artificial intelligence products.

12. Xiaoice Company launches “GPT Cloning Project”

On May 16, Xiaoice announced the launch of the "GPT Cloning Project", which allows celebrities, experts, scholars, or ordinary people to create AI clones based on their personality, skills, voice, and appearance by collecting data in as little as three minutes. people. Clones can conduct real-time emotional interaction, provide AIGC capabilities, and even have their own circle of friends, just like a second life for humans in a parallel world. The first batch of clones will use the Xiaoice framework hybrid large model solution, which can run on the cheapest T4 GPU without the need for high-end chips such as A100. In the neural network rendering part, Xiaoice technology does not require a GPU, but runs on the CPU.

The plan has now started registration in China and Japan, and the first batch of human clones will be online within a month. Due to personal privacy data security and ethical considerations, the first batch is limited to 300 places. According to the data, XiaoIce is a company under Microsoft dedicated to AI. In July 2020, Microsoft announced that it would spin off the artificial intelligence XiaoIce business into an independent company. Currently, XiaoIce has a complete technical framework covering natural language processing, computer speech, computer vision and artificial intelligence content generation, and is a global leader in open domain dialogue, multi-modal interaction, neural network rendering and content generation.

13. Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: "Intelligent Connected Vehicle Standard System" will be officially released and implemented in the near future

According to Cailian News on May 16, at the 2023 China (Yizhuang) Intelligent Connected Vehicle Technology Week and the 10th International Intelligent Connected Vehicle Technology Annual Conference, Miao Changxing, a first-level inspector of the Equipment Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology It said that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will resolutely implement the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, adhere to the integrated development route of vehicle, road and cloud, strengthen overall coordination and innovation, strengthen innovation drive, optimize policy supply, and jointly promote the high-quality development of the intelligent connected automobile industry.

In terms of improving standards and access management, the "Intelligent Connected Vehicle Standard System" will be officially released and implemented in the near future, speeding up the formulation of more than a dozen key and urgently needed standards, strengthening cross-industry and cross-field standards collaboration, and holding the "World Vehicle Regulations Coordination Forum" , deeply participate in the formulation and coordination of international standards and regulations, accelerate the launch of smart connected vehicle access and road implementation pilots, support the commercial application of L3 and above autonomous driving functions, and promote the increase in C-V2X terminal deployment rate.