Google negotiates investment in AI startup Character.AI
On November 11th, according to media reports, Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet, is negotiating to invest a few billion US dollars in artificial intelligence startup Character.AI.
This investment may be a convertible note structure, which will deepen the partnership between the two parties.
Cainiao's IPO is steadily advancing, and the China Securities Regulatory Commission has announced the requirements for supplementary materials for Cainiao's overseas listing filing
On the evening of November 10th, according to the Securities Times and the China Securities Regulatory Commission, Cainiao Intelligent Logistics Network Co., Ltd. has been requested this week to supplement the filing materials for overseas issuance and listing. This is a general practice in the process of corporate IPO. On September 26th of this year, Cainiao submitted an IPO application to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and since then, Cainiao is believed to have hit the "world's number one smart logistics stock".
Amazon's first overseas purchase of pre bonded warehouse landed in Ningbo
On November 10th, Amazon Overseas announced the official landing of its first pre bonded warehouse in the China (Ningbo) Cross border E-commerce Comprehensive Pilot Zone. The interface news learned from Amazon Overseas Purchase that the pre bonded warehouse will fully support cross-border logistics delivery for the upcoming "2023 Black Five Global Shopping Season", which will start on November 17. Samir Kumar, Global Vice President of Amazon and Head of International E-commerce Business Development, stated that China Amazon Overseas Shopping is Amazon's first localized overseas shopping store in the world. With the completion of the pre bonded warehouse in Ningbo, Chinese consumers can receive goods from Amazon Global at a faster pace.
WeChat payment has completed barcode payment interconnection with payment brands under three major operators
On November 10th, it was reported that WeChat payment has fully completed the barcode payment interconnection function with payment platforms under China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom. Users can use the "Scan" function of the three apps "Hebao", "Yi Pay", and "Wo Wallet" to directly scan their WeChat payment personal payment code for payment. It is understood that the barcode payment interconnection between Yipay and WeChat payment was achieved through the support of online channels. Based on relevant pilot experience, all parties will continue to explore and steadily promote more open cooperation scenarios.
Tencent may become the exclusive agent for Meta VR in China
On November 10th, according to media reports, Tencent will begin selling Meta's low-cost version of VR head display devices by the end of next year.
It is reported that this sold earphone will use a cheaper lens than the latest Quest 3, and the installed GPU will be more advanced than Quest 2. According to insiders, this low-priced version of the VR head display will also be sold in other regional markets. In addition, insiders have stated that Meta will account for the majority of revenue distribution from device sales in this transaction; Tencent, on the other hand, will generate more revenue from content and services.
Institution: "Double 11" smart terminal market bottoms out, rebounds, and sales exceed expectations
According to IDC research data, from October 23 to November 3, 2023, the overall PC market (including e-commerce platforms, manufacturers' official websites, and the laptop and desktop market through traditional offline channels) saw a year-on-year increase of 1.4% in sales. In addition, the sales of the tablet market increased by 13.5% year-on-year, the sales of the mobile phone market increased by 10.2% year-on-year, the sales of the display market increased by 5.3% year-on-year, the sales of the smart watch (excluding children's watches) market increased by 23.6% year-on-year, and the sales of the bracelet market increased by 15.2% year-on-year.
After briefly disabling ChatGPT, Microsoft has restored employee access to ChatGPT
On November 9th local time, according to media reports, Microsoft temporarily banned its employees from using ChatGPT on that day. It is understood that Microsoft wrote on its internal website: "Due to security and data considerations, employees will not be able to use some AI tools in the future." Microsoft also stated mercilessly that despite the company's investment in OpenAI, ChatGPT is only a third-party tool, and employees should be as cautious when using ChatGPT as when using external AI tools such as Wensheng Graph software Midjournal and chat robot Replika.
But later, Microsoft officially stated that access to ChatGPT had been restored.
Microsoft stated in a statement that it "unintentionally" closed access permissions after testing its control system for its large language model. After discovering the error, the service was quickly restored, "Microsoft said.
However, even after restoring services, Microsoft still expressed its desire for employees to use the ChatGPT version developed for the enterprise.