Hard times at Tesla Shanghai, a spate of new Chinese LLMs, and Xi on China's science and tech triumphs
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Scout is ETO's discovery tool for Chinese-language news and commentary on technology issues. See the latest editors’ picks, browse the feed by topic, or sign up for customized e-mail alerts at https://scout.eto.tech.- Established five years ago in Shanghai, Microsoft's Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things Lab has trained thousands of workers, engaged with hundreds of Chinese AI projects, and catalyzed significant local investment and innovation. (S&T Daily, 06/28/24) https://scout.eto.tech?id=3571
- Chinese LLM producers face an increasingly urgent shortage of high-quality Chinese-language training data, particularly corpora reflecting "Chinese values," prompting calls for new data sharing mechanisms. (S&T Daily, 06/27/24) https://scout.eto.tech?id=3569
- Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory employees lament working conditions at the facility and mull leaving their jobs in this detailed exposé. (36kr, 06/27/24) https://scout.eto.tech?id=3570
- In a major speech, Chinese President Xi Jinping recaps many of China’s scientific triumphs of 2023, warns that the nation still has weaknesses in areas such as original innovation and talent, and stresses both self-sufficiency and international cooperation. (CSET curation, 06/24/24) https://scout.eto.tech?id=3546
- On its sixth anniversary, the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence showcased an impressive new range of large language models and reiterated its focus on achieving AGI through original innovations. (Leiphone, 06/20/24) https://scout.eto.tech?id=3558
- China's LLM price war has triggered an overall boom in model usage, but not all app developers and downstream users are changing their strategies. (Zhidx, 06/20/24) https://scout.eto.tech?id=3560
- In a lecture at the 14th National People's Congress, academician Sun Ninghui outlined four major challenges for Chinese AI and discussed the path forward. (Zhidx, 06/18/24) https://scout.eto.tech?id=3520
- Beijing JiJia Vision Technology and Tsinghua University officially launched "YiSu," China's first cost-effective model for generating long (1 minute+) videos from text prompts. (S&T Daily, 06/12/24) https://scout.eto.tech?id=3511
- As China's government cracks down on afterschool tutoring, anxious parents are turning to AI-enabled learning devices, with many Chinese tech companies introducing LLM-based products to capitalize on the demand. (36kr, 06/11/24) https://scout.eto.tech?id=3550
- Alibaba Cloud released version 2 of its Qwen open-source LLMs, with benchmark performance surpassing Llama 3 and other notable competitors - and safety features reportedly on par with GPT-4. (36kr, 06/08/24) https://scout.eto.tech?id=3480
- Chinese telecom giants are rapidly improving their AI large models, potentially posing a formidable challenge to traditional tech companies and startups. (36kr, 06/06/24) https://scout.eto.tech?id=3494
- In a wide-ranging interview with a Chinese tech outlet, California-based Meta AI researcher Tian Yuandong critiques common beliefs about AI scaling laws and stresses improving understanding of the training process. (36kr, 06/03/24) https://scout.eto.tech?id=3495
- Academic commentators argue for renewed focus on strategies from China's longstanding "863" technology development plan to continue narrowing technological gaps with the West. (Bulletin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 05/23/24) https://scout.eto.tech?id=3524
- Chinese researchers highlight the country's difficulties attracting and fully engaging with international science and technology organizations. (CSET curation, 04/01/24) https://scout.eto.tech?id=3525
- A tech commentator warns that China is far behind in high-bandwidth memory, a critical technology for the generative AI boom. (CSET curation, 03/28/24) https://scout.eto.tech?id=3507
- A state-run think tank describes how Chinese and foreign governments are using large AI models, listing over 50 LLMs currently deployed by provincial and local governments in China. (CSET curation, 02/04/24) https://scout.eto.tech?id=3481
- A draft Chinese government framework for a system of standards for AI. (CSET curation, 01/17/24) https://scout.eto.tech?id=3493