Xingji Meizu targets the integration track of consumer electronics and intelligent travel with three "arrows"

On March 30, the "Meizu ∞ Lynk & Co Boundless Ecology Conference" was held in Shanghai. Xingji Meizu Group officially released the new generation of flagship mobile phone Meizu 20 series, the Boundless Ecosystem Flyme10, and the first generation of Flyme Auto on-board human-machine interaction software that will be first carried on the Lynk & Co 08 model. A grand event, three "arrows" were launched together, and the integrated Xingji Meizu Group took a solid first step on the road to the integration of consumer electronics and intelligent travel.

Li Shufu, founder of Xingji Meizu Group, attended the press conference and expressed his full expectations for the future of the integration of the two industries of smartphones and automobiles. He said: "It is imperative for the consumer electronics industry and the automotive industry to have technological innovation and ecological integration. In the future, the smart car and smart phone industries will no longer go their separate ways, but will be an integrated relationship of multi-end point, full-scene and immersive experience for users. Whether it is a mobile phone company starting to build a car or a car company trying to make a mobile phone, it is ultimately to create a better user experience and win more respect for Chinese manufacturing through collaborative optimization and upgrading of the industry."

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"This ecological press conference is the first step for Xingji Meizu Group to return to the consumer electronics track, and it is also a solid step on the road to the integration of consumer electronics and intelligent travel. In the future, we will continue to innovate and bring users more’borderless’ products and services." At the press conference, Shen Ziyu, chairperson and CEO of Xingji Meizu Group, said.

Both inside and outside repair, car grade quality lives up to love

As an indispensable part of people’s lives and work, mobile phones have gradually evolved from simple communication tools to a multi-functional smart device with the continuous development of technology and network technology. Based on this, users have higher and higher requirements for the quality of mobile phones. The new Meizu 20 series released by Xingji Meizu Group this time not only continues Meizu’s pursuit of the ultimate brand gene and the product style of "internal and external cultivation", but also reflects the confidence of Xingji Meizu Group to "explore future communication technologies and create higher value for users".

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Shen Ziyu said at the press conference that when all mainstream products are doing their best to reflect the appearance differences through various exaggerated elements, Xingji Meizu has been thinking about how to make the products more pure.

Therefore, in terms of design, performance, configuration, etc., the Meizu 20 series adopts a super high standard, giving back to users with top-level craftsmanship and repeated consideration of details, highlighting its high durability, high stability and high reliability. For example, the double-sided "Meizu Titan Glass" selected by the ultra-flagship Meizu 20 INFINITY Unbounded Edition adopts a unique crystallization process, combined with micro-crack treatment and ultra-fine sandblasting technology, so that the glass feels as smooth as AG glass, but looks as smooth as mirror glass, and is more wear-resistant, anti-drop, and has a more advanced texture. In terms of performance, the flagship flagship products, Meizu 20 PRO and Meizu 20, are equipped with the second-generation Snapdragon 8 flagship processor, standard 12G memory, and combined with LPDDR5X and up to 512GB UFS 4.0 fast flash memory, truly achieving high performance across the entire range.

Love the unbounded, mutual integration of new life, Meizu 20 series also gives a very sincere price, Meizu 20 starting price of 2999 yuan, Meizu 20PRO starting price of 3999 yuan, Meizu 20 INFINITY unbounded version starting price of 6299 yuan.

Flyme Auto’s on-board human-machine interaction software, which has attracted much attention from the outside world, also has a good performance on Lynk & Co 08. The Lynk & Co 08, which first took Flyme Auto, is not just an ordinary car, but a technological crystallization that integrates Lynk & Co’s leading car-making capabilities and Meizu’s mobile ecological architecture. It is a super space that embraces users’ mobile ecological scenarios and travel ecological needs.

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Lin Jie, senior vice-president of Geely Automobile Group and general manager of Lynk & Co Automobile Sales Co., Ltd., said at the press conference: "At the beginning of its establishment, Lynk & Co Automobile put forward the idea of’making smartphones on wheels’ to provide users with an open and interconnected digital experience. The’integration and breakup ‘between Lynk & Co and Meizu will achieve the scale effect of 1 + 1 > 2. The two sides will continue to deepen innovation in product cooperation, and promote all-round cooperation such as channels and communities, bringing new inspiration to the creation of handcar interconnection and’borderless’ super ecology."

For the first time, the concept of automotive mobile phone domain

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The official release of Flyme Auto’s in-vehicle human-machine interaction software is a very important piece of the new product matrix of Xingji Meizu Group. As a new product that spans the two industries of consumer electronics and automobiles, Flyme Auto has changed the technical architecture of smart cars, making mobile phones a part of the car, and making upgraded mobile phones and upgraded car configurations equal, thereby enhancing the smart cockpit experience. It has become the "sixth domain" – "mobile phone domain" that surpasses the five domains of traditional cars (power domain, chassis domain, body domain, cockpit domain, and autonomous driving domain). The launch of Flyme Auto is expected to change the pattern of separate cars and mobile phones in the past, and provide a new reference model for the integration of consumer electronics and automotive industries.

At the same time, Xingji Meizu Group is also based on consumer electronics and actively integrated into the global smart travel technology ecosystem through "Neichang Outreach" to achieve deep integration and super synergy between the two industries of consumer electronics and automobiles. In terms of Neichang, it mainly works through "Mobile + XR + Forward-looking Research" to focus on the different market needs of the present and the future; in terms of outreach, Xingji Meizu Group will also better interact and coordinate with the vast resources of Yikatong Technology, Xinqing Technology and the smart travel technology ecosystem, and combine the blueprint vision of Xingji Meizu Group to achieve win-win linkage in business and resources, accelerate industry integration and promote common development.

Editor: Xu Yong

Langfang Haval Xiaolong MAX drastically reduced the price! The lowest price is 149,800, and the car is sufficient.

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Haval Xiaolong MAX is a stylish and dynamic SUV model, and its front face design adopts streamlined lines and sporty elements, showing a strong dynamic atmosphere. The air intake grille is decorated with a large area of chrome, which shows the luxury and domineering of the vehicle. The overall style is very fashionable, and the body lines are smooth, showing a very strong visual impact. In addition, Haval Xiaolong MAX also adopts a sporty front bumper and a large-size wheel hub design, which further enhances its sense of movement and fashion. On the side and rear of the car, the design of Haval Xiaolong MAX is also very exquisite, highlighting its high-end luxury temperament. Generally speaking, the design of Haval Xiaolong MAX is very attractive and meets the aesthetic needs of young people.

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The side design of Haval Xiaolong MAX is full of strength, with a body length of 4758mm, a width of 1895mm, a height of 1725mm and a wheelbase of 2800mm, providing passengers with spacious and comfortable seating space. The body lines are smooth, and the four-wheel design with a front tread of 1626mm and a rear tread of 1630mm shows stable driving performance. The car uses 235/55 R19 front and rear tires, which are dynamic and have good grip, making driving safer and more stable. The overall shape is fashionable and atmospheric, which is suitable for consumers who like sports style.

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Haval Xiaolong MAX’s interior design style is simple and atmospheric, focusing on practicality and comfort. The steering wheel is made of leather material, which feels comfortable and supports manual adjustment up and down and back and forth, so that drivers can adjust according to their own needs. The central control screen size is 12.3 inches, equipped with voice recognition control system, which can easily realize the control of multimedia, navigation, telephone, air conditioning, skylight and other functions. The front and rear rows are equipped with USB and Type-C interfaces, which is convenient for users to connect with mobile phones for charging and data transmission. The seat is made of imitation leather. The main driver’s seat supports front and rear adjustment, backrest adjustment and height adjustment (2 directions), and the co-pilot’s seat also supports front and rear adjustment and backrest adjustment. The front seats are also equipped with heating function, which can provide a more comfortable driving experience in cold weather. The second row of seats supports backrest adjustment, and the rear seats can be laid down in proportion, increasing the flexibility of storage space. Generally speaking, the interior design of Haval Xiaolong MAX pays attention to details and comfort, which brings a good driving experience for drivers and passengers.

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The engine of Haval Xiaolong MAX is a 1.5-liter L4 four-cylinder engine with a maximum power of 85 kW and a maximum torque of 140 Nm. This engine has the characteristics of high efficiency and energy saving, and it can provide a smooth driving experience with a 2-speed DHT gearbox. In addition, the car also adopts advanced power system, which makes it have excellent power performance in cities and highways.

In terms of design, Haval Xiaolong MAX shows a calm style, and this attractive design can still maintain its charm under the test of time. As the owner of car home said, its rear shape is not particularly stunning, but it gives people a sense of stability and high quality. Generally speaking, Haval Xiaolong MAX has outstanding performance in design, which not only gives people a sense of fashion and atmosphere, but also has durability.

"Entering Expo+Live Broadcasting with Goods: Opening a New Mode of Sino-Italian Cooperation" Participation Recommendation Form

  Entering the Expo+Live Broadcasting with Goods: Opening a New Mode of Sino-Italian Cooperation "Enjoy Buying Good Things Without Leaving Shanghai" List of Founders

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  Geraci, former Italian Deputy Minister of Economic Development

  I must say, this is a very important activity, which is helpful to promote Italian products in China market, and it is very important for food, fashion and other Italian brands. Especially considering that China International Import Expo(CIIE) is also held in the same period, this is very important for the difficult global economy at this stage. Therefore, this activity is encouraging. I want to tell our audience that the e-commerce market in China accounts for more than one third of the total market share, exceeding 33%, and the growth rate has reached 15%. Therefore, e-commerce in China is an opportunity that Italian manufacturing must seize.

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  General Representative of Italian Foreign Trade Commission (Shanghai) Ma Shixiang

  China International Import Expo(CIIE) plays an extremely important role in strengthening the political and economic relations between China and other countries. This kind of online activity held in cooperation with China International Import Expo(CIIE) can provide a platform for many China people who are not in Shanghai to learn about China International Import Expo(CIIE), so I sincerely thank the organizers for promoting economic cooperation by holding this event.

Box office 1.7 billion, jump into the live room! How to counterattack "Feng Shen I"


Special feature of 1905 film network After 20 days of release, the box office of "Fengshen Part I" exceeded 1.7 billion, and the total box office was predicted to increase from 1.25 billion at the lowest point to 2.45 billion, nearly doubling.Maybe, directorWu ErshanFinally, I can say:"sealGodOut of the ICU.



At the same time, on the evening of August 8th, several leading actors, such as Yu Shi, Na Ran, Chen Muchi and Shan Jingyao, also made a surprise appearance in the live broadcast room of Liu Genghong. The "Proton Group" showed the war dance and joyful dancing, and the topic kept on.



"You have one vote, I have one vote to help Master Wen buy a high-speed rail ticket", "You don’t vote, I don’t vote, Yin Jiao will never have a head!" …


Never being optimistic, it is expected to compete for the second place in the summer box office. The starring role is from unknown to popular. How can "tap water" help "Fengshen" to complete the box office counterattack? How do online and offline announcements open the "road to sealing the gods" with a "two-pronged approach"?


"Tap water" helps "the road to sealing the gods" 


Different from the performance of "scheduled" explosions in summer files such as "Disappeared She", "In an octagonal cage" and "Put all your eggs in one basket", "Feng Shen I" was the one that was not optimistic until its release.The voices of "untimely blockbusters" and "Chinese magic has long been out of date" have come and gone, and only 138 million yuan was recorded in the first two days, which also lowered the total box office forecast of the film to 1.25 billion.



However, with the further release of the film, the relatively excellent quality and fascinating characters have aroused extensive discussion among netizens, and "tap water" is also constantly gathering. Stars and enthusiastic audiences from all walks of life began to spontaneously Call for the film on major social platforms, and supported the film with two brushes and three brushes.


This also allows the market to witness the mysterious power of "tap water" again after films such as The Return of the Great Sage, 22nd and The Wandering Earth.



There are still many netizens who take the initiative to undertake the heavy responsibility of film promotion, brainstorming for hot search topics and fancy whole work. Master Wen Taishi, who made a stunning appearance in the egg, was elected as the first "spokesperson" by the tap water.


"Hello, I’m Master Wen. I’m grabbing a high-speed rail ticket at 12306. Please help me to speed up my return to the DPRK." "You have one vote for me, and a surname can arrive on time!" And so on, which have a great sense of network, have gained a good communication effect.



More enthusiastic netizens thought of dozens of entries in one breath, including not only "Wen Taishi Terrier", but also related topics such as "da ji’s love brain" and "Yin Jiao Ji Fa’s brotherhood", all of which are hot spots that netizens like to see and hear. With the continuous spontaneous fermentation of "tap water", it also helped # Please seal the gods and announce that it was immediately spread to me # and boarded the hot search several times.



Different from these hot spots from the bottom up, the early official publicity of "Feng Shen" mainly focused on the cultural value of the film. There is nothing wrong with this angle itself, but it is launched when the audience still doesn’t understand the film, which means a lot of preaching, and it is not as easy to sink out of the circle as the spontaneous online topic of netizens.


Fortunately, the propagandists and creators of "Feng Shen" gradually realized this point and began to have a benign interaction with "tap water people". For example, Chen Muchi, the actor who plays Yin Jiao, was named as the uncrowned "propaganda director" by netizens because he was willing to go off to play in person.



Director Wu Ershan learned that his initials were homophonic during the road show, and immediately changed the profile "523" to "U23" (from "No Two or Three" to "There are Two or Three"), which earned a lot of goodwill. At the same time, by constantly releasing exclusive behind-the-scenes tidbits and deleting fragments, he tried his best to meet the needs of tap water, and also provided material for the continuous fermentation of the topic.



Under the overnight rescue of "tap water", "Feng Shen" also miraculously walked out of the ICU, ranking first in the box office for 13 consecutive days from the first Saturday, and set a record of 160 million yuan in a single day the next weekend, drawing a beautiful downward curve.


The box office counterattack of "Feng Shen" is undoubtedly a demonstration of the power of "tap water", and it is also worth thinking in the industry: what kind of topics and forms are loved by the audience, and what kind of propaganda points can really gain heat and flow.



 Online and offline "combination boxing" 


"ChristianRandPhillips, she is my hakimi", "Princess ChristianRandPhillips embraces Na Ran" and "Yu Shi Na Ran crosses da ji Ji Fa with each other", all of which come from the roadshow scene of "Feng Shen I".


In addition, short videos with high popularity, such as "Chen Muchi reappears in the right place to tie the gods", "Chen Muchi’s military boxing" and "Proton Group reappears famous lines", are also from roadshows. The ongoing roadshow in 24 cities across the country is like a continuous "hot search" manufacturing machine, which continuously outputs various "famous scenes".



With the rise of online platforms, the traditional road show method was once despised by many filmmakers, who thought it was strong in regionality and limited in reach. However, many summer blockbusters, including Feng Shen and Disappeared She, proved the significance of the road show through examples.


In the era of short video, the role of roadshows is not only to effectively incite regional resources and ferment word of mouth, but also to generate a large number of short video-oriented materials through the interaction between the main creators and local audiences. These grassroots and creative pictures are often easier to spread and spread.



From offline to online, unlike other blockbusters selling tickets live in the early stage of the release, "Fengshen" chose to go to the online head live broadcast room after the actors accumulated a certain degree of heat and popularity.


On August 5th, the cast of "Feng Shen" parachuted into the "Brother Xiao Yang" live room for the first time to sell tickets, and 200,000 movie tickets were sold out in seconds, with over 150 million praises in one minute. Choosing to link with the anchor of the short video platform with grounding gas like "Xiao Yang Ge", the film obviously expects the film to further incite the sinking market.



On August 8th, with the long-awaited fans, the representative of "Proton Group" finally merged with Liu Genghong in the live broadcast room, with a high degree of matching between people and audience, which is expected to produce better communication effect.


Coupled with the live broadcast of a popular game on August 10, and the live broadcast of various actors, from offline to online, from the road show site to the live broadcast room, the "combination boxing" of "Feng Shen" is exerting its power.



Why is "Feng Shen I"? 


Before the screening, I wanted to see why "Feng Shen", which was not favored by the market, attracted so much "tap water" to complete the box office counterattack.


On the one hand, it is naturally because of the excellent quality of the film. Douban scored 7.8 points, Cat’s Eye scored 9.4 points, and Taobao Film scored 9.2 points, which were outstanding in both magic films and movies of the same file, and also gave Amway the confidence of "tap water".



On the other hand, the film is well-made, the old opera bones are superb, and the strength of the new actors is all important points.


With the release of documentaries and behind-the-scenes specials, the ubiquitous cultural details, craftsman spirit and the six-month training camp for worshipping gods have gained the recognition of netizens, making "worshipping gods" a recognized work of "grinding a sword in ten years".



Not only that, although the genre of "Feng Shen" is a magical epic action blockbuster, it "accidentally" captured the "heart" of female audiences. According to a ticketing platform, 52.8% of users who want to see the portraits of Fengshen are women, and the score of women is as high as 9.8, which is much higher than that of men.



The brotherhood of Yin Jiao and Ji Fa’s "well-connected suburbs" combination, the sunny and strong appearance of the members of the "Proton Group" and ChristianRandPhillips, who is more attractive as he gets older, have aroused extensive discussions among the female audience, and also invisibly led a new aesthetic direction. As netizens commented, it is suggested that domestic ancient costumes be rolled up according to this standard.


At the same time, through hard training, the members of Proton Group have completed the all-round transformation from body, will to acting skills, and such "nurturing" actors are more likely to arouse the recognition and resonance of the audience.



The box office counterattack of "Feng Shen" is the victory of "tap water", which also proves that gold always shines. However, "the fragrance of wine is also afraid of the depth of the alley". While looking forward to "Feng Shen II", we might as well sum up our experience and prevent the excellent works from being buried again.


An 11-year-old girl learns to swim for one year and wins 2 gold medals in the national competition.

  On the 4th of this month, Ming Xinyue, a student of Nanzhou Primary School in Qijiang District, won two gold medals in the 100-meter butterfly and 50-meter freestyle in the 2016 National Children’s Swimming Division Competition (Guangdong Division) organized by the Swimming Management Center of the State Sports General Administration.

  The 11-year-old Ming Xinyue only started to learn swimming a year ago. As the youngest athlete in the sports history of Qijiang District, she has now reached the national second-class athlete standard and is also the captain of the school’s Young Pioneers. How did she manage to balance study and physical education?

  In Class 6, Grade 6, Nanzhou Primary School, Qijiang District, Ming Xinyue is sitting in the last row with a pair of 300-degree glasses. When the bell of Chinese class rang, flowers exploded in the classroom immediately, and the students jumped up and ran to the corridor to play.

  Ming Xinyue took out the homework that the Chinese teacher had just assigned and did it. While doing this, she told the Chongqing Evening News reporter: "With 10 minutes and noon time after each class, all the homework today can be completed. When you go home at night, you can review your lessons and read other extracurricular books. "

  "When I was a child, my parents often took me to play in the Weihe River. I always liked the feeling of being free in the water." Ming Xinyue said. Last July, her parents sent her to a sports school to learn swimming.

  After going to the swimming team, Ming Xinyue discovered that it was very different from playing with water when he was a child. "At most, I swam more than 8,000 meters in a training session. According to Fu Yuanhui’s words, I have tried my best and I am so tired. I have thought about giving up several times, and I have thought about giving up when I can’t finish my homework. " Ming Xinyue adjusted her glasses: "I got used to it after a long time."

  At 4: 20 pm, the bell rang, and Ming Xinyue trotted out of the school with her schoolbag on her back. At 4: 40, Ming Xinyue and his mother Qing Yang arrived at the gate of Qijiang District Youth Sports School. At 5 o’clock, 15 players arrived, and Ming Xinyue and other players got on the bus under the guidance of coach Zhou Long.

  Zhou Long said: "With the improvement of children’s swimming intensity, after the National Day this year, the sports school chartered a car to Wansheng for training every day."

  At 5: 56, the bus arrived at Wansheng Cultural and Sports Center. The water temperature in the swimming pool is 29℃ and the indoor temperature is 30℃, but Ming Xinyue is still rubbing his limbs with cold. At 6: 10, at the command of Zhou Long, Ming Xinyue first jumped into the deep water area.

  "Hurry up, Ming Xinyue, your grades have been turned over. If you don’t work hard, there will be no breakthrough." Zhou Long shouted at Mingxinyue in the swimming pool.

  "There is no rest at all. After swimming round and round, every time they come, they are fighting for time." The swimming pool manager told the Chongqing Evening News reporter.

  At 7 o’clock in the evening, after training, Ming Xinyue and other children got on the bus with wet hair. This time, she and her companions fell asleep in the car.

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  Two noes in parental education

  In Ming Xinyue’s home, mother Qing Yang took out a bag of awards, "Long-distance running, dancing, singing … … . Too many. We never spoil our children. When she was young, we didn’t hug her. We encouraged her to stand up by herself. "

  "We won’t ask too much of her, and we will discuss everything with her, as long as she can do her best." Qing Yang said.

  Gold medal girls also have troubles.

  "I will also participate in the national championship in February next year. The next goal I set for myself is to win the national first-class athletes before I graduate from primary school." Ming Xinyue said.

  After winning the prize, Xiao Xinyue’s life at school still changed: "Some students asked me for an autograph, saying that I would become a sports star in the future. I feel uncomfortable when they say this. I don’t feel different from others. The coach and parents control the diet very strictly. I haven’t eaten cake and sweet bread for a long time. " (Hao Yao, Yan Wen)

Seven departments regulate real estate agents: rectifying fake houses, charging fees at random, and selling one room and two houses.

  Buying a house and renting a house, the intermediary helps. In recent years, with the second-hand housing market and housing rental market warming up, the real estate intermediary industry has also achieved rapid development, which has played a positive role in activating the market and promoting transactions. However, many problems such as publishing false houses, concealing real information, forcing agency fees, embezzling or misappropriating transaction funds, engaging in financial business in violation of regulations, fabricating and spreading price increase information are also constantly fermenting in the intermediary market.

  In response to these problems, seven departments, including the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, recently jointly issued the Opinions on Strengthening the Management of Real Estate Intermediaries to Promote the Healthy Development of the Industry, and put forward 16 policy measures from three aspects: standardizing the intermediary service behavior, improving the industry management system, and strengthening the supervision of the intermediary market, so as to constantly standardize the order of the real estate intermediary market.

  Ensure that the listing information is true and the fees will be more standardized and transparent.

  At present, in order to attract customers, attract business and improve income, some intermediaries hide "tricky" in their operations: some publish false information about houses or houses that have been sold, some maliciously bid down prices, some conceal information about mortgages, and some have problems such as irregular and opaque fees.

  In order to make the intermediary business behavior more standardized, the Opinions made the following provisions on the system design:

  Implement the verification system of housing information. Before releasing the listing information, the intermediary should verify the listing information with the consent of the client to ensure that the published listing is real and can be traded.

  Prepare a statement of housing conditions. Intermediary release of housing information to prepare a housing situation statement, indicating the verification of housing information, real estate intermediary service contract number, housing location, area, property rights, listing price, property service fees, housing pictures, and other important matters that should be explained.

  Strengthen the release management of housing information. The same listing information released by the intermediary in different channels such as stores and websites shall be consistent, and the listing information without written authorization of the property owner shall not be released, and the information that affects the housing transaction such as mortgage shall not be concealed.

  The information of traded houses should be removed in time. For houses that have been sold or rented, the intermediary agencies that facilitated the transaction should remove the listing information from the distribution channels such as stores and websites within two working days from the date of signing the house sale or lease contract; For the house that the client has cancelled the entrustment, the intermediary agency shall remove the housing information from various channels within two working days.

  In order to regulate the fees charged by intermediaries, the Opinions put forward measures such as clearly marking the price, voluntary choice of agency services by the parties and strengthening supervision. Intermediaries should identify all service items, service contents, charging methods and charging standards in a prominent position in the business premises, and all services must be priced separately; To provide services such as property right transfer and loan on behalf of the client, the client shall choose voluntarily and stipulate in the real estate intermediary service contract; Give full play to the role of 12358 price supervision platform.

  Ensure transaction security and standardize financial business cooperation and tax payment.

  Buying and selling houses involves real money, and safe transactions are the most important. No one wants to encounter such bad worries as "one room and two sales" and "running away with money"

  In order to ensure the safety of housing transactions and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the parties to the transaction, the Opinions put forward four measures: standardizing intermediary agencies to undertake business, and intermediaries may not provide intermediary services for affordable housing that does not meet the trading conditions and houses that are prohibited from trading; Standardize the signing of intermediary service contracts. When accepting business entrustment, intermediaries should sign written real estate intermediary service contracts with clients and file them for future reference; To implement the online signing system of transaction contracts, all localities should fully implement online signing of transaction contracts. If a house has completed online signing, it cannot be signed again; To implement the supervision system of transaction funds, all localities should establish and improve the supervision system of transaction funds of stock houses. Intermediaries and their employees shall not collect and pay transaction funds through accounts other than supervision accounts, and shall not occupy or misappropriate transaction funds.

  In recent years, in order to meet people’s demand for housing loans, many intermediaries have established business cooperation with financial institutions. However, in practice, there have also been problems such as intermediary designating financial institutions, bundling services, illegal provision or cooperation with other institutions to provide down payment loans.

  In this regard, the "Opinions" stipulate that if an intermediary agency provides housing loan agency services, the client shall choose the financial institution independently and shall not bundle financial services with other services; Intermediaries shall not provide or cooperate with other institutions to provide illegal financial products and services such as down payment loans, and shall not charge financial institutions or charge fees such as rebates in disguise; Financial institutions may not cooperate with intermediaries that have not been filed with the real estate authorities to provide financial services.

  In addition, in order to standardize the tax payment behavior of intermediaries to assist the parties and avoid problems such as concealing the real transaction price and evading taxes and fees, the Opinions require intermediaries and employees to truthfully inform the parties about tax regulations and preferential policies and assist them to pay taxes in good faith according to law; It is not allowed to induce, instigate or assist the parties to a transaction to sign a contract with different transaction prices for the same house, that is, the so-called "yin-yang contract", and quote a lower transaction price; Shall not help or instigate the parties to the transaction to forge false certificates to defraud tax incentives; Do not resell the tax reservation number.

  Intermediary institutions to implement filing and list publicity, intermediaries must be real names.

  For a long time, the threshold of intermediary institutions is low, and the fish and dragons are mixed. Some engage in intermediary business without filing, and are outside the supervision; Intermediary practitioners also have the characteristics of high mobility and low overall quality.

  The "Opinions" clarify that the filing system and the list publicity system should be implemented for intermediaries: First, the filing system should be strictly implemented, and intermediaries and their branches should be filed with the real estate authorities in accordance with regulations. Institutions that provide services through the Internet should not only go to the provincial communications authorities where the institutions are located, but also go to the real estate authorities in cities and counties where the services are covered. The second is to implement the publicity system for the list of intermediaries. Local real estate, communications, and industrial and commercial administrative departments establish a linkage mechanism to exchange information regularly, and publicize the list of intermediaries that have been filed and not filed through government websites and other channels to remind the masses to carefully choose intermediaries.

  In order to strengthen the management of intermediary employees, the Opinions also clarify the following points: if intermediary employees publish housing information on websites and other channels, they should publish it with their real names, and they should wear work cards indicating their names, organization names, national professional qualifications and other information when serving; City and county real estate departments should register the real names of intermediaries; Implement the professional qualification system for real estate brokers.

  Those who keep their promises will be smooth all the way, and those who break their promises will be unable to move.

  Effective supervision depends on institutional innovation. In the future, we will strengthen the construction of industry credit system and build a new supervision system with credit as the core.

  According to the Opinions, the relevant departments of cities and counties should speed up the construction of a credit management platform for the real estate intermediary industry, record the basic information, good behaviors and bad behaviors of intermediaries and employees in the credit management platform in a timely manner, and publicize them to the public. The national credit management platform will also be gradually established and incorporated into the national social credit system.

  In the future, honest and trustworthy intermediaries and employees will enjoy convenient and fast services when handling housing verification, contract online signing, loan agency and tax-related business; Relevant departments will optimize the inspection frequency in daily inspection and special inspection; When choosing an intermediary to operate and manage public rental housing invested by the government, all localities will give priority to honest intermediaries.

  For intermediaries and employees who violate laws and regulations, the relevant departments will take joint disciplinary measures against serious dishonesty through information sharing, and list the subject of serious dishonesty as the key supervision object, restricting them from engaging in various real estate intermediary services; The illegal decisions and "blacklists" made by intermediaries will be publicized according to law through the enterprise credit information publicity system; For serious untrustworthy intermediaries, their legal representatives, principal responsible persons and employees who are directly responsible for untrustworthy behavior, market and industry ban measures will be jointly implemented.

Toyota Motor Corporation: There are certification violations in Toyota Industry.

On January 29th, Toyota Motor Corporation announced that Toyota Industrial Corporation (TICO) reported to the Toyota Motor Corporation which commissioned TICO to develop diesel engines for automobiles that it had received the report of the special investigation committee, which believed that TICO might violate the rules on issues related to emission certification.

On January 29,Toyota Motor Corporation announced that Toyota Industrial Corporation (TICO) reported to the Toyota Motor Corporation, which commissioned TICO to develop diesel engines for automobiles, that the company had received the report of the special investigation committee, which believed that TICO might violate the regulations on issues related to emission certification. The investigation of the Committee found that there were irregularities in the horsepower output test of three types of diesel engines for automobiles commissioned by TICO. There are ten types of vehicles in the world that use the affected engines, including six in Japan.

Toyota Motor said that it had rechecked the mass-produced products produced by the factory to confirm that the affected engines and vehicles met the engine performance output standards. Therefore, it is not necessary to stop using the affected engine or vehicle. Toyota said that according to the investigation results, TICO decided to temporarily stop the delivery of the affected engines. Toyota also decided to temporarily stop the delivery of vehicles with affected engines.


[Editor: Li Yangzi]

Our province introduced the measures to support and reward excellent film creation, production and communication projects.

Our province introduced the measures to support and reward excellent film creation, production and communication projects.
The box office exceeds 100 million yuan, and the highest reward is 3 million yuan.

Hainan Daily News   (Reporter   Zhang Wanxian   Trainee reporter   Song Lingyun) Recently, our province issued the Interim Measures for Supporting and Rewarding Excellent Film Creation, Production and Communication Projects in Hainan Province (hereinafter referred to as the "Measures"), offering "real money and silver" to support and reward excellent film creation, production and communication projects, encouraging the creation, production and dissemination of more excellent masterpieces with profound thoughts, exquisite art and excellent production, telling the story of Hainan Free Trade Port well and promoting the prosperity and development of Hainan’s film industry.

The film projects supported and rewarded by the Measures include all kinds of domestic story films, opera films, animated films, documentary films and science and education films (including the above types of Chinese and foreign co-productions).

The objects of support and reward are divided into five categories, namely, film creation projects that are expected to have significant social influence; Representing Hainan in major national literary awards, competitions, film festivals or major international competitions and mainstream film festivals widely recognized by the society sponsored by the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China, the State Film Bureau, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and other relevant departments, and film works that are expected to win awards or have won major awards; Projects with Hainan theme and elements as the main creative content, whose works mainly show Hainan’s human history, natural scenery and development achievements, which have great influence and promotion on promoting Hainan’s image and cultural awareness; Movies broadcast in the Central Radio and Television General Station or released and shown in mainstream cinema lines and achieved good box office results and good social benefits; Other special projects not included in the "Measures" shall be supported or rewarded by one-on-one discussion.

The Measures provide nine categories of support policies for film projects, including film creation support, film premiere support, key projects support, domestic box office awards, overseas box office awards, broadcast awards, national awards, international film festivals awards, and other domestic film festivals awards. Among them, the film project that tells the story of Hainan, the works mainly show Hainan’s human history, natural scenery, development achievements and other film projects, and each film will be given a one-time reward of 50,000 yuan with the Film Script (Outline) Filing Receipt (within the validity period) and the script; Complete the filming and get the film release license, and then give a one-time reward of 300 thousand yuan.

Movies listed as key projects of the Central Propaganda Department (State Film Bureau) shall be supported by no more than 3 million yuan each; Films listed as key projects of the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee (Provincial Film Bureau) shall be supported by no more than 1 million yuan each (both national and provincial key projects shall be supported).

If the box office of films that have been released for the first time through mainstream cinemas and have good social benefits reaches 100 million yuan (inclusive), each film will be given a one-time reward of 500,000 yuan; For every 100 million yuan increase in the box office, the reward will increase by 500,000 yuan, with a maximum of 3 million yuan. The film project was successfully released overseas, and the box office was converted into RMB 10 million yuan (inclusive) at the exchange rate, and each film was rewarded with 500,000 yuan; If the box office reaches 50 million yuan (inclusive), each department will be given a one-time reward of 1 million yuan; If the box office reaches more than 100 million yuan (inclusive), each department will be given a one-time reward of 1.5 million yuan.

Give a one-time reward of 3 million yuan to the film that won the "Five One Project" award in Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China; A one-time award of 1 million yuan will be given to films that have won the China Film Watch Award, the Golden Rooster Award for Chinese films and Hundred Flowers Award.

The "Measures" stipulate that the project supported by film creation is a film and television enterprise with independent legal personality. For other projects that support awards, the applicant must be a unit registered in Hainan Province with independent legal personality.

Promote the integration of Chinese excellent traditional culture into the whole process of rural revitalization

In the new journey of comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese modernization, the most arduous and arduous task is still in the countryside. We must take multiple measures and take a multi-pronged approach. At the same time, we must strive to promote the integration of Chinese excellent traditional culture into the whole process of rural revitalization, and create a new field, a new model and a new rural style for the creative transformation and innovative development of Chinese excellent traditional culture.

First, deeply understand the significance of integrating Chinese excellent traditional culture into the whole process of rural revitalization.

Continue the Chinese context and promote the creative transformation and innovative development of Chinese excellent traditional culture. Adhering to the combination of Marxism and Chinese excellent traditional culture is another ideological emancipation, and it is also the basic principle and important method for Marxism to keep pace with the times and innovate and develop. The national conference on propaganda, ideological and cultural work clearly put forward the major requirements of "seven efforts", one of which is "to continue the Chinese context and promote the creative transformation and innovative development of Chinese excellent traditional culture". In the process of rural revitalization, the organic integration of Chinese excellent traditional culture into rural production, villagers’ life and rural environment construction can vividly show the vitality, times and practicality of Chinese excellent traditional culture, so that it can be highlighted in the broad field of rural revitalization.

Make overall plans to promote the construction of material and spiritual civilization in rural areas. Since the reform and opening up, China has persisted in liberating and developing productive forces through continuous and in-depth reform and development, which has effectively improved the level of economic and social development in rural areas. The strategic goal of building a well-off society in an all-round way in 2021 was a complete victory, and the Chinese dream of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation was a decisive achievement. Stepping into a new journey and realizing rural revitalization in the new era, we should not only continue to liberate and develop productive forces, but also further promote the construction of spiritual civilization in rural areas, especially carry forward and develop Chinese excellent traditional culture and nourish the construction and development of rural areas with Chinese excellent traditional culture.

Help improve cultural soft power. The competition among countries in the contemporary world is becoming increasingly fierce. In addition to the contest of comprehensive national strength, countries are paying more and more attention to the effectiveness of cultural soft power construction. The promotion of cultural soft power should not only look outward and absorb the advanced cultural factors of the world, but also adhere to the subjectivity of domestic culture and carry forward and inherit the excellent traditional Chinese culture. At present, there are still 36% rural population in China, and 70% of the country’s tourism resources are distributed in rural areas. Many objective factors determine that the promotion of cultural soft power must pay attention to the construction of rural civilization. Promoting the integration of Chinese excellent traditional culture into the whole process of rural revitalization will help to enhance the subjectivity of Chinese civilization, show the traditional factors of Chinese civilization on the vast rural land, and enhance the people’s self-confidence and pride in Chinese civilization.

Second, the principle of promoting the integration of Chinese excellent traditional culture into the whole process of rural revitalization

Clear goal orientation. Integrating Chinese excellent traditional culture into the whole process of rural revitalization aims to unite people, gather strength and stimulate kinetic energy with Chinese excellent traditional culture, promote rural development to a higher level, help rural revitalization through cultural empowerment, promote all villagers to achieve common prosperity, narrow the gap between urban and rural areas, and promote urban-rural integration. Chinese civilization is profound and has a long history, including China people’s moral cultivation, food, clothing, housing and transportation, etc., and the outstanding factors are extracted and condensed, forming an excellent Chinese traditional culture. The values such as serving the public, serving the people as the foundation of the country, governing by virtue, innovating from the old, appointing people on their merits, integrating nature with man, striving for self-improvement, respecting virtues and carrying things, and caring for people and neighbors are the latest refinement and summary of the essence of Chinese excellent traditional culture. Integrating Chinese excellent traditional culture into rural revitalization means integrating the above-mentioned core contents into rural industrial development, cultural continuity, ecological protection and other aspects to promote the all-round improvement of rural construction.

Adhere to organic integration. Integrating Chinese excellent traditional culture into the whole process of rural revitalization is not simply copying the central policy, nor can it be simply and superficially embedded. Instead, we must thoroughly understand the essence of Chinese excellent traditional culture, grasp the essence, and strive to promote the comprehensive and systematic integration of Chinese excellent traditional culture into rural construction, adhere to the combination of direct embedding and infiltration, and make efforts in the layout of cultural tourism industry, the promotion of regional characteristics and the integration into the daily life of villagers. We will organically integrate Chinese cultural symbols into all aspects of rural production and life, so that villagers can fully perceive the importance and practicability of Chinese excellent traditional culture in their daily life, communication and sharing, and strive to build a beautiful countryside that inherits Chinese civilization, is full of historical connotations, is full of vitality and shows its unique charm.

Adhere to integrity and innovation. Adhere to the guidance of Marxism, vigorously carry forward the socialist core values, and promote the creative transformation and innovative development of Chinese excellent traditional culture in light of concrete conditions; It is necessary to combine the needs of the development of the times, dialectically absorb and comprehensively examine traditional culture, persist in facing the public and serving the people, and absorb the contents that are beneficial to the construction of socialist spiritual civilization; We should carry out cultural exchanges with a broad vision and an open mind, be good at drawing lessons from and absorbing the outstanding achievements of human civilization, persist in taking me as the mainstay and serving us, be good at absorbing in identification and digesting in absorption, and promote the Chinese excellent traditional culture to obtain rich nutrition through exchanges and mutual learning.

Third, the path to promote the integration of Chinese excellent traditional culture into the whole process of rural revitalization

Integrate into the whole process of rural industrial construction. Rural areas are vast and rich in natural resources, cultural resources and biological resources, which have unique advantages in the development of cultural tourism industry. It is necessary to give full play to the advantages of rural location and natural endowment, especially to strengthen the development of cultural tourism resources, deeply explore and explain the unique human history of the region and the village, explore the people-oriented ideas, public morality concepts and self-cultivation methods contained in local historical and cultural allusions, deeply develop and carefully design summer students’ summer camps, research activities, theme cultural festivals, etc., strengthen publicity through the Internet, and strive to turn green mountains and green hills into Jinshan Yinshan, and turn heavy history into development momentum; It is necessary to publicize and carry forward the culture of rural sages, extensively contact and convene rural sages, gather together for unity and development, encourage rural sages to make suggestions and suggestions for rural development, guide rural sages to invest in industries and develop their careers, and inherit the fine tradition of "returning to the roots" and "not forgetting their homeland"; Absorb the positive factors of "Tao, law and nature" and "harmony between man and nature", strengthen ecological environment protection in landscape design, ecological industry layout and traditional village protection, and realize the harmonious coexistence between man and nature.

Integrate into the whole process of villagers’ production and labor. Productive labor is an important aspect of rural life. Efforts should be made to promote the integration of Chinese excellent traditional culture into villagers’ daily productive labor life and guide rural people to deeply understand the important value of Chinese excellent traditional culture. In the process of rural construction, it is necessary to strengthen the propaganda and education of positive labor concept, guide villagers to establish the concepts of the most glorious, noble, greatest and most beautiful labor, and promote the formation of a correct labor concept of respecting labor, learning advanced and striving hard; It is necessary to dig deep into the historical allusions of self-improvement, hard work and unremitting struggle, set up a typical figure who strives for Excellence, pursues Excellence and creates first-class in practice, and strive to guide villagers to stand on their own feet and strive hard; It is necessary to strengthen labor education, focus on cultivating an environment that advocates labor, cultivate villagers to develop good habits of loving labor, hone the will quality of hard work, and forge the fine conduct of honest work.

Integrate into the whole process of building a good family style for villagers. Family is the most basic cell in society and the most stable unit in rural areas. The construction of excellent family style is closely related to every villager. Integrating Chinese excellent traditional culture into family style construction will help the villagers deeply perceive the vitality of Chinese civilization in their daily lives. Family virtues in the new era should adhere to respecting the old and caring for the young, equality between men and women, harmony between husband and wife, diligence and housekeeping, and mutual assistance among neighbors, strengthen publicity on family virtue story, and guide villagers to attach importance to family construction, family education and family style cultivation; Systematically sort out the fine family style, family rules, family training and village rules and regulations handed down from generation to generation in the local area, and make a new interpretation in combination with the development of the times; Repair and maintain local ancestral halls, and carry out family style education in combination with traditional festivals such as Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. Build cultural walls, cultural rooms and cultural squares in rural public spaces, carry out hand-painted graffiti and image design, and strengthen the publicity of famous works and classic works of family style such as "Ode to a Wanderer" and "Family Instructions of Zeng Guofan"; Concise the key indicators of family style construction in the new era, such as respect, equality, filial piety, unity, harmony, incorruptibility and diligence, and regularly carry out and select "the most beautiful family" activities.

Author: Zhang Xing, lecturer, doctor, School of Marxism, Central South University for Nationalities, Research Center for Ideological Education of Minority Students.

Fund Project: The phased achievement of the special fund project "Research on Central Legislation for Promoting National Unity in the New Era" (CSPT23016) for the basic scientific research business expenses of the Central University of South-Central University for Nationalities in 2023.

Source: Guangming Net

Generative AI stands on the cusp: Silicon Valley bets that future technology giants will shuffle?

Generative AI is getting more and more popular. Is this really a good business?

Recently, AI painting is on fire.

By inputting some words, AI can generate an image that matches the words in a few seconds. These images are wild, and some are even bizarre. For example, people have extra fingers on their hands, and their fingers bend unnaturally. Even, AI can generate some meaningless billboards and alphabets that humans have never seen before.

Although AI painting is outrageous, it has set off a wave of science and technology: the spring of generative AI has come.

David Beisel, a venture capitalist at NextView Ventures, said that in the past three months, the word "generative AI" once became a hot word. Moreover, the generative AI technology has developed rapidly and the market enthusiasm is so high that many people even quit their jobs to start a business in this field.

There is no doubt that AI has been in a prosperous stage in the past five years or so, but most of these past advances have to do with understanding the existing data-for example, the AI model has been able to quickly and efficiently identify whether there are only cats in your mobile phone photos. However, the generative AI model generates something completely new that has never been seen before. In other words, generative AI is not just about analyzing existing data, but creating.

Boris Dayma, founder of Craiyon generative AI, believes that "generative AI is not only creating old images, but also creating many new things, which are completely different from what we have seen before."

Sequoia Capital also said in a blog post on its website: "Generative AI has the potential to create trillions of dollars in economic value." Sequoia Capital predicts that generative AI may change all industries that require human beings to create original works, from games to advertising to the legal profession. It is worth mentioning that Sequoia Capital also pointed out in its blog post that this message was partly written by GPT-3 (GPT-3 is a generative AI capable of generating text).

Working principle of generative AI

In the past, deep learning technology was widely used to train the model on large data sets. When the program understands the relationships in these data, the model can be applied to actual scenes, such as identifying whether there is a dog in a picture or translating text, and so on.

The working principle of the image generator is to reverse this process. For example, instead of translating English into French, it translates English phrases into images. Specifically, it usually has two main parts, one is to process initial phrases, and the other is to convert data into images.

At first, generative AI was based on a method called GAN, that is, the generative adversarial network. In essence, this method is to make two artificial intelligence models compete with each other to better create images that meet the target.

At present, generative AI is usually based on Transformer, such as image generator DALL-E and so on. DALL-E was first created by OpenAI in 2021, and in 2022, OpenAI released DALL-E 2.

Christian Cantrell, a developer who focuses on generative AI, said: "With DALL-E 2, we can really cross uncanny valley." (The Valley of Terror theory is a hypothesis about human perception of robots and non-human objects. It was put forward by Japanese robot expert Masahiro Mori in 1970. )

Another commonly used AI-based image generator is Craiyon (formerly known as DALL-E Mini), where users can enter phrases in the browser and see the illustrations it generates within a few minutes.

According to Dayma, since its launch in July 2021, Craiyon has produced about 10 million unprecedented pictures every day, which adds up to 1 billion. Earlier this year, the use of Crayon soared, and Dayma also took Crayon as its full-time job. In addition, Dayma has created a Twitter account to post the weirdest and most creative pictures generated by Craiyon. For example, ketchup comes out of the tap on the Italian sink.

In addition, Stable Diffusion has also received wide attention. The project was released in August this year and has been open source on GitHub. Developers can run the project on computers, not just in the cloud or through programming interfaces. For example, Stable Diffusion can be integrated into Adobe Photoshop by plug-in, allowing users to generate backgrounds and other parts of images, and use layers and other Photoshop tools to operate in applications.

Cantrell, the developer of the plug-in, said, "I want to meet these creative professionals, so that they can introduce artificial intelligence into their creative work, instead of destroying their work."

It is understood that Cantrell has worked for Adobe for 20 years. After leaving in 2022, Cantrell focused on the direction of generative AI. Cantrell said that Stable Diffusion has been downloaded tens of thousands of times, and artists told him that they used this plug-in in many unexpected places, such as making Godzilla animation or creating pictures of Spider-Man.

Start-up companies get together

Some investors regard generative AI as a potentially transformative change, just like the early development of smart phones or the Internet. This kind of transformation has greatly expanded the potential market of this technology.

"Before that, artificial intelligence was not unprecedented. Before 2007, we were not without mobile devices, "said Beisel, a seed investor." But at this moment, everything came together. The final consumer can experience and see something different from before. "

Cantrell believes that machine learning is similar to a more basic technology: database. "Machine learning is a bit like a database, which opens up a whole new world for network applications. All the applications we have used in our life are built on the database. But no one cares about how the database works. People only know how to use it. "

Michael Dempsey, managing partner of Compound VC, said that in the past, it was "very rare" for laboratory technology to enter the mainstream, but at present, generative AI has attracted wide attention of venture capitalists. Nevertheless, he warned that the current generative AI may be in the "curious stage" near the peak of the hype cycle, and the companies established at this stage may fail because they don’t focus on the specific uses that enterprises or consumers are willing to pay for.

Others in the industry believe that startups that can apply new technologies such as generative AI today may challenge technology giants such as Google, Meta and Microsoft in the future.

At present, many companies applying generative AI technology have already received large amount of financing, and their valuations have also risen. For example, earlier this year, Hugging Face was valued at $2 billion after receiving investments including Lux Capital and Sequoia Capital; OpenAI has also received more than $1 billion from Microsoft and Khosla Ventures.

In addition, according to Forbes, Stability AI, the developer of Stable Diffusion, is negotiating with investment institutions to raise up to $1 billion in venture capital.

Cloud vendors and chip vendors will benefit.

Besides start-ups, cloud service providers such as Amazon, Microsoft and Google can also benefit from it, because generative AI may require a huge amount of computation.

Meta and Google have also taken action and started recruiting talents. In September of this year, Meta released an artificial intelligence application called "Make-A-Video", which can generate videos, which makes the generative AI technology a step further.

"This is a great progress," Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, posted on his Facebook page. "It is much more difficult to generate videos than photos, because besides correctly generating each pixel, the system must also predict how they will change over time."

Recently, Google matched with Meta and released a program code called Phenaki, which can also convert text into video and generate several minutes of footage.

This craze may also boost chip manufacturers such as Nvidia, AMD and Intel, because the advanced graphics processors produced by these companies are ideal for training and deploying artificial intelligence models.

At a recent meeting, Huang Renxun, CEO of Nvidia, emphasized that generative AI is the key use of the company’s latest chip, and he said that this kind of program may "revolutionize communication" soon.

At present, there are not many uses of generative AI that can generate commercial benefits. Many exciting breakthroughs today come from free or low-cost experiments. For example, some writers have tried to use image generator to generate images for articles. An example of Nvidia is to use a model to generate new 3D images, including people, animals, vehicles or furniture, which can be filled into the virtual game world.

Ethical issues can not be ignored.

While generating AI excites the industry, the ethical issues it brings are also worthy of attention.

The first is employment. Compared with professional illustrators, generative AI is obviously cheaper. Therefore, generative AI is likely to rob artists, video producers and other people engaged in creative work of their "rice bowls".

In addition, there are complex problems in originality and ownership of the content created by generative AI.

Generated AI is trained on a large number of images. Therefore, it is still controversial whether the creator of the original image has copyright requirements for the generated new image.

Some time ago, an artist won an art competition in Colorado, and his winning image was created by a generative AI named MidJourney. After winning, the artist said in an interview that he selected one image from hundreds of images generated by himself and post-processed it in Photoshop.

It is worth mentioning that some images generated by Stable Diffusion are watermarked, which indicates that some of the original data sets are copyrighted. Previously, Getty Images (a picture trading company based in Seattle, USA) announced that it was forbidden for users to upload generated AI pictures to its picture library, because the company was worried that there might be some copyright problems in such pictures. .

With the improvement of image generation software, generative AI may also deceive users, make them believe false information, or display images or videos of events that never happened.

In addition, developers must also deal with the possibility that models trained on a large amount of data may have biases related to gender, race or culture contained in the data, which may cause the models to show such biases in their outputs.

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