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International AI News: Week Ending 07/12/2024

July 12, 2024

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“OpenAI is blocking API access to China starting today. Interestingly Microsoft is not following suit with Azure. MS said ‘OpenAI, being an independent company, makes its own decisions’. We are about to see a big release from OAI, this is an indication that the hour approaches.” / X

OpenAI is blocking API access to China starting today. Interestingly Microsoft is not following suit with Azure. MS said 'OpenAI, being an independent company, makes its own decisions'. We are about to see a big release from OAI, this is an indication that the hour approaches.
— Andrew Curran (@AndrewCurran_) July 9, 2024

A Hacker Stole OpenAI Secrets, Raising Fears That China Could, Too – The New York Times

“OpenAI’s sudden China block: No more tools/services for Chinese users from July 9th 🚫🇨🇳 Reason? “OpenAI has not elaborated about the reason for its sudden decision.” Why it matters. “One consequence of OpenAI’s decision may be that it accelerates the development of Chinese AI” / X

OpenAI's sudden China block: No more tools/services for Chinese users from July 9th 🚫🇨🇳

Reason? "OpenAI has not elaborated about the reason for its sudden decision."

Why it matters. "One consequence of OpenAI’s decision may be that it accelerates the development of Chinese AI…
— Florent Daudens (@fdaudens) July 9, 2024

Chinese developers scramble as OpenAI blocks access in China | China | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/09/chinese-developers-openai-blocks-access-in-china-artificial-intelligence

“SenseTime also revealed SenseNova 5o, a real-time multimodal model capable of processing audio, text, image, and video. Here’s a video of a live demonstration of SenseTime 5o in action (it’s incredibly similar to the GPT-4o demo)

SenseTime also revealed SenseNova 5o, a real-time multimodal model capable of processing audio, text, image, and video.

Here's a video of a live demonstration of SenseTime 5o in action (it's incredibly similar to the GPT-4o demo) pic.twitter.com/aVF8UDQyxK
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) July 8, 2024

“At the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai this weekend, SenseTime unveiled SenseNova 5.5. The company claims the model outperforms GPT-4o in 5 out of 8 key metrics. While I’d take it with a grain of salt, China’s AI startups are showing major progress

At the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai this weekend, SenseTime unveiled SenseNova 5.5.

The company claims the model outperforms GPT-4o in 5 out of 8 key metrics.

While I'd take it with a grain of salt, China's AI startups are showing major progress pic.twitter.com/1ZFbojHs3v
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) July 8, 2024

“🚨 Chinese AI company SenseTime just revealed SenseNova 5.5, an AI model that claims to beat GPT-4o across key metrics Plus, big developments from Apple, YouTube, KLING, Neuralink, and Google DeepMind. Here’s everything going on in AI right now:” / X

🚨 Chinese AI company SenseTime just revealed SenseNova 5.5, an AI model that claims to beat GPT-4o across key metrics

Plus, big developments from Apple, YouTube, KLING, Neuralink, and Google DeepMind.

Here's everything going on in AI right now:
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) July 8, 2024

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