Babbitt | Metaverse Daily Must-Read: OpenAI CEO releases "reassurance", saying that GPT5 will not be trained in the short term, and the company is evaluating potential risks through external audits and other measures

Abstract: According to the Financial Associated Press, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said at a conference hosted by India's "Economic Times" on Wednesday (June 7) that OpenAI still does not train GPT-5. Altmam also pushed back against some of the most vocal concerns about AI, saying the company was already assessing potential dangers through more meaningful measures such as external audits, red-teaming and security testing.

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The State Council released the 2023 legislative work plan, and the draft artificial intelligence law is ready to be submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for deliberation

According to a report by the Financial Associated Press on June 8, the General Office of the State Council recently issued the "2023 Legislative Work Plan of the State Council". Among them, it is proposed to submit to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for deliberation the draft national development planning law, the draft consumption tax law, the draft railway law revision, the fishery law revision draft, the telecommunications law draft, the anti-unfair competition law revision draft, the measurement law revision draft, the foreign trade law Draft revisions, draft revisions to the Accounting Law, draft revisions to the Law on Certified Public Accountants, draft revisions to the Tax Collection and Administration Law, draft revisions to the Commercial Bank Law, draft revisions to the Banking Supervision and Administration Law, draft revisions to the People's Bank of China Law, draft revisions to the Insurance Law, and road traffic safety laws Draft revisions, draft revisions to the People’s Police Law, draft revisions to the Customs Law, draft revisions to the Statistical Law, draft revisions to the Law on Security of Organ Operations, draft revisions to the Prison Law, draft revisions to the Lawyers Law, draft revisions to the Teachers Law, draft Laws on Broadcasting and Television, drafts to the Law on Artificial Intelligence, etc. .

Shanghai Film released the "Cultural Creation + Technological Innovation" accelerator, planning to invest 300 million in 3 years to incubate AIGC, VR/AR/MR and other technology projects

According to the "Kechuangban Daily" report, on June 8, at the Shanghai Film City SHO Future Sea Forum, Wang Jianer, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Shanghai Film Group, announced that the Shanghai Film Art Center and the "Shanghai Film New Vision Fund" Co-launched the "Cultural Creation + Technological Innovation" accelerator plan and will invest 300 million in the next 3 years to support the incubation and implementation of cutting-edge technology projects in the cultural industry. The 300 million funds will focus on innovative enterprises in the upstream and downstream of the cultural industry chain, including cutting-edge technologies such as AIGC, big data, web3.0, VR/AR/MR, and "Metaverse", as well as innovative experience scenarios integrating technology and IP.

In addition, Shanghai Film Translation Factory, Himalaya and Shanghai Film Co., Ltd. announced that they will cooperate to establish Shanghai Xishangmeishao Technology Culture Co., Ltd. to explore big IP incubation through sound and establish the standard of "emotional language expression combining human and AI". The original work "Magic Town" also made its debut in the new release.

UK announces it will host the first Global Summit on AI Safety to ensure AI benefits humanity

According to news from IT House on June 8, the British government announced that it will hold the first-ever global summit on artificial intelligence safety this fall. The summit will invite key countries, leading technology companies and researchers to discuss security measures to assess and monitor the most significant risks posed by artificial intelligence. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said: "AI has incredible potential to make our lives better, but we need to ensure that it is developed and used safely and securely."

Runway, the behind-the-scenes special effects company of "The Universe", launched the AI model Gen-2, which can generate realistic videos based on prompt words

According to news from IT House on June 8, Runway, the behind-the-scenes technology company of "The Universe", was previously invested by Google to accelerate the application of AI in film and television creation. Recently, Runway released its AI-enabled video editing tool Gen-2, users can directly use text prompts to generate "realistic video content" and "automatically edit video".

It is reported that Runway first launched its Gen-1 model in February this year, which can modify the artistic style of videos using only text prompts, such as converting real-life live footage into a cartoon cut-out world. At present, Runway Gen-2 has been launched in the Apple App Store, and there is also a Web version, which can be used in the browser.

Samsung Electronics, Google, and Qualcomm are developing new MR devices that will launch as early as this year

According to Businesskorea, the industry revealed that Samsung Electronics, Google, and Qualcomm are developing new MR devices, aiming to launch them as early as this year. Industry insiders predict that the MR market will become a new battlefield between the Apple and Android camps.

OpenAI CEO: OpenAI has not started training GPT-5

According to the "Kechuangban Daily" report on June 8, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said a few days ago that OpenAI has not started training GPT-5, "We still have a lot of work to do before we start training this large model. We are Working on some new ideas that are needed, but nowhere near the start (training)."

Japanese Shueisha announced the discontinuation of the first generative AI photobook: it did not consider copyright and other issues well

According to Japan's "Yomiuri Shimbun", Shueisha announced on the 7th that it would stop selling its first digital photobook "Birth (生まれたて.)" created with generative AI. "[The sale of photobooks] is a poor consideration of the various issues surrounding generative AI," the company said.

It is reported that the protagonist of this photobook is a virtual female model named Satsuki Ai (さつきあい), who was created by Shueisha's "Weekly Playboy" magazine using generative AI. On May 29th, Shueisha officially sold the electronic version of the photobook "Birth" online. After the magazine was released, there were voices on social media saying that Satsuki's love was too realistic, and questioned whether it involved infringement of photos of real models. In this regard, Shueisha responded yesterday: "For the commercialization of AI products, we have come to the conclusion that we should think more carefully (potential problems) when examining the deepening discussions in society."

Alibaba's AliExpress will issue "AliExpress themed shopping moments" NFT on June 25

Babbitt News, on June 8, Alibaba's cross-border e-commerce platform AliExpress (AliExpress) tweeted and announced the joint release of "AliExpress Theme Shopping Moment" NFT with "The Moment3!" The NFT series will be issued on June 25th, with a total of 5,555 pieces.

Foreign media: Apple has lowered its Vision Pro sales target to 150,000 units

According to foreign media reports, Apple has lowered its mixed reality (MR) device Vision Pro sales target to 150,000 units, far short of analysts' expectations of more than 1 million units. According to several parts manufacturers, Apple only ordered 150,000 units before releasing the Vision Pro, and Apple's purchase orders are not calculated on the basis of annual sales, but the sales cycle of each product.

Xiaopeng Motors applies for GPT-related trademarks

Babbitt News, Tianyancha App shows that recently, Guangdong Xiaopeng Automobile Technology Co., Ltd. has applied for the registration of "XMARTGPT", "XPGPT" and "XGPT" trademarks. The international classification involves transportation tools and communication services. The current trademark status is under application.

As previously reported, at Xiaopeng Motors’ fourth quarter 2022 financial report conference call, He Xiaopeng said that artificial intelligence represented by GPT has a huge prospect, and it will have a new interpretation of the realization of autonomous driving, and can make L4 autonomous driving more advanced. Fast forward to L5, looking forward to more coupling between GPT-related technologies and various aspects of Xiaopeng Automobile business.

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"Primary school students in Beijing are the first to open the "book" AIGC, and they must not lose at the starting line"

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"Beijing issued 3 policy documents in 12 days, what is the demonstration effect on accelerating the development of AI in the whole country? "

Recently, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chengdu and other places have successively issued a series of policy documents to encourage the development of artificial intelligence. Among them, Beijing, which has the highest policy density and attracts the most attention, announced three related documents in a row within 12 days: May 19 On May 30, issued the "Beijing General Artificial Intelligence Industry Innovation Partnership Plan"; on May 30, issued "Several Measures of Beijing to Promote the Innovation and Development of General Artificial Intelligence"; The implementation plan for the source of artificial intelligence innovation (2023-2025)". A careful review of these documents reveals that Beijing has proposed specific measures for the core elements of industrial development such as computing power, data, algorithms, applications, and supervision, as well as difficulties and blockages in key links, and the five dimensions have coordinated efforts.

"OpenAI CEO releases "reassurance": GPT5 will not be trained in the short term"

According to the latest statement from the CEO of artificial intelligence startup OpenAI, OpenAI still has not trained GPT-5. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said at a conference hosted by India's "Economic Times" on Wednesday (June 7). "We still have a lot of work to do before we can launch this model." "We are working on new ideas that we think we need, but we are certainly not close to starting (training GPT-5) yet."