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The news of January 13, the generation of artificial intelligence is expected to bring about unprecedented changes in human society, thanks in part to the hundreds of billions of dollars of inputs behind it. Google DeepMind CEO Demes Hathabis warned that humanity was on the verge of achieving Universal Artificial Intelligence (AGI), but that society was not ready to cope with all of its implications. On the contrary, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that AGI might come quietly and have a far less social impact than expected. Last year, Joe Rowe..

ON 9 JANUARY, THE CENTRAL RADIO AND TELEVISION GENERAL, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND COMMUNICATIONS, THE CHINA INSTITUTE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ELECTRONIC INFORMATION INDUSTRY, THE SCIENCE CITY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OF SINO-KANGMURA, THE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT OF THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT ZONE OF WUHANDONG LAKE, THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, THE CHINA-CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, THE INSTITUTE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OF THE SHANGHAI COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL SCIENCE CENTRE, THE INSTITUTE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND BIG DATA, AND KOPPU CHINA, PUBLISHED A STUDY ON THE TOP TEN TRENDS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN 2026. 1AI CAN BE SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS: AI GOVERNANCE GLOBALIZATION. CHINA'S INITIATIVE TO ESTABLISH THE WORLD ORGANIZATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, HI..

On 8 January, eight departments, including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, issued an opinion on the implementation of the “Advisory Intelligence + Manufacturing” initiative. By 2027, the country had achieved a safe and reliable supply of key core technologies of artificial intelligence, with industry at the highest level in the world. Promotion of three to five generic large models for application in manufacturing depth, leading to a unique, fully-covered industry-wide large model, the creation of 100 high-quality data sets in industrial areas and the promotion of 500 typical applications. Fostering 2-3 eco-led enterprises with global impact and a group of new and specialized SMEs, building..

ON 5 JANUARY, ACCORDING TO THE BEIJING YOUTH NEWSPAPER, BEIJING ORGANIZED TODAY'S 2026 BEIJING INNOVATION HIGHLAND BUILDING PROMOTION CONFERENCE. MR. YANG SU LING, SECRETARY-GENERAL AND DIRECTOR OF THE BEIJING MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT AND REFORM COMMISSION, DESCRIBED BEIJING AS A RESOURCE-RICH COUNTRY. THE LARGEST NUMBER OF INFLUENTIAL SCHOLARS WORLDWIDE IN BEIJING 2000 WAS 148, OR OVER 40%; THE TOTAL NUMBER OF AI SCHOLARS WAS 15 000, OR 30%. YANG SU LING ALSO MENTIONED THAT BEIJING RANKED SECOND AMONG THE MOST INNOVATIVE CITIES IN THE WORLD, WITH TWO NATIONAL LABORATORIES IN THE FIELD OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE..

On January 4th, a day ago, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella published an annual reflection entitled " Looking forward to 2026 " . He asserted that 2026 would be another critical watershed in the development of artificial intelligence and that the industry was moving beyond its initial exploration period to a new phase of "widespreading". Nadra pointed out that, while this was only the beginning of a long period of marathons, the current moment had shown a significant difference. The industry is beginning to make a clear distinction between "magic" and "landscape" applications at the level of technology presentation..

On 2 January, according to The Information, OpenAI is in the process of fully enhancing its voice-based artificial intelligence, paving the way for the future roll-out of a voice-centred personal AI device. A number of informed sources revealed that the device would be based on audio interaction rather than on screens. Currently, ChatGPT does not have the same voice function as the model used behind the text answer. OpenAI internal researchers believe that the existing audio model is clearly lagging behind in accuracy and response speed, prompting the company to integrate the project and..

On December 31st, according to The Business Insider today, the former Dream Factory CEO, current investor Jeffrey Carsonberg, recently stated that the AI field would not have only one winner, and that the industry would not have a “winner-take-all” situation, regardless of whether the “AI bubble” existed. The former CEO reportedly stated in the podcast, Sounderry, that the AI field would be at a watershed in 2026, when companies that can really do real things with AI and produce real results would be separated from “story-only, no results”. When asked..

On December 30, according to The Fortune magazine, "Ai Godfather" Jeffrey Hinton recently stated in CNN's State of the Union that artificial intelligence technology will be further enhanced next year with the ability to replace more human work. He noted that AI had been able to fill positions such as call centres and would expand to more areas in the future. Heinton stressed that progress in AI was much faster than expected, with an average of seven months reducing the time taken to complete the task by half. For example, a code that used to take an hour..

On December 26, according to the news, in the context of increased competition for artificial intelligence, the internship post was no longer a mere training opportunity. According to Business Insider, the level of remuneration for short-term entry-level positions in AI is already comparable to that of full-time full-time jobs in many industries. The report mentions that the competition for talent around AI R & D has allowed technology giants to constantly update their pay ceilings. In June, Meta invested in 14.3 billion yuan

On December 23, according to The Inside of Business, Dameter Capital, a co-founder and managing partner of approximately $25 billion in assets, Scott Goodwin said that the real opportunity for artificial intelligence booms was not just for chips and data centres. Goodwin noted that the long-term cycle of AI would release value through broader infrastructure and the introduction of competition. He said on the podcast Goldman Sachs Express that the team was focused on AI's demand-driven letter..

December 18th news that Elon Mask seemed confident in the future of his artificial intelligence company. According to Business Insider, a number of informed sources revealed that last week, at a staff meeting at AIS XAI's headquarters in San Francisco, Mask told employees that as long as the company survives the next two to three years, XAI will defeat its competitors. The CEO of XAI said that in the competition for the development of super-intelligence (an artificial intelligence that transcends human intelligence) to become one of the world's top artificial intelligence companies, XAI rapidly increases the calculus and..

On December 16, according to the news, the Trump government announced on Monday, local time, the launch of a new programme called U.S. Tech Force, which will bring together approximately 1,000 engineers and other professionals to work on artificial intelligence infrastructure and other key technology projects in federal government departments. According to the official website of the United States Government, participants in the programme will join a two-year employment project, working with teams reporting directly to the heads of agencies and “in collaboration with leading technology enterprises”. According to the website, these “private sector..

ON DECEMBER 15, ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS, JOURNALISTS FROM THE CHINA INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION (CIIT) HAVE LEARNED THAT THE COUNTRY ' S ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INDUSTRY HAS ACCELERATED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AND THAT THE SIZE OF THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CORE INDUSTRY IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED TRILLION YUAN BY 2025. THE DATA SHOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE USE OF LARGE MODELS IN THE MANUFACTURING CHAIN SINCE THIS YEAR, WITH APPLICATION CASES INCREASING FROM 19.9% LAST YEAR TO 25.9%, LEADING TO A RAPID INCREASE IN THE SIZE OF THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INDUSTRY. WEI KAI, DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OF THE CHINA INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION, EXPLAINED THAT IN 2024, THE CORE INDUSTRY OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WAS OVER 900..

ON DECEMBER 15, CHINA'S INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC EXCHANGE CENTER (CIETC) ANNOUNCED THAT CHINA'S ANNUAL ECONOMIC CONFERENCE 2025-2026 HAD BEEN HELD TODAY, AT WHICH THE DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND REFORM COMMISSION (NDRC), SHOJI-MING, HAD SAID THAT IT WAS NECESSARY TO EXPAND DOMESTIC DEMAND IN ALL ITS ASPECTS, TO CARRY OUT INTENSIVE CONSUMER-STIMULATION CAMPAIGNS, TO ACCELERATE THE LIBERALIZATION OF SERVICE CONSUMPTION RESTRICTIONS AND TO PUT IN PLACE POLICIES TO BOOST CONSUMPTION IN SUCH AREAS AS THE START-UP ECONOMY, THE RACE ECONOMY, E-COMMERCE, AND “ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE +” CONSUMPTION. ACCORDING TO 1AI, IN MARCH THIS YEAR, THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE PUBLISHED A NUMBER OF MEASURES TO SUPPORT URBAN GROWTH IN INTERNATIONAL CONSUMER CENTRES. IT REFERS TO THE PROMOTION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

On December 12th, the Governor of New York, Kathy Hocchul, signed yesterday Bill S.8420-A/A.8887-B, which aims to protect consumers while promoting transparency in the film industry, known as “the first American AI Acts”. 1AI refers here to the official press release that the new Act requires any person who produces or creates an advertisement that uses a synthetic person created by AI to be disclosed, and also requires the advertiser to obtain the consent of the estate enforcer or heir if he wishes to use the name, image or portrait of the deceased for commercial purposes..

On December 10, the Pew Research Center published a study on Tuesday, local time, on how American youth use social media and artificial intelligence chat robots simultaneously. Cybersecurity for young people has been a global theme. Australia plans to introduce a social media ban on minors under 16 from Wednesday. The impact of social media on adolescent mental health has long been widely debated: some studies have shown that online communities can help improve mental health, while others have pointed out that “end-of-life screens” (dooms...)

ON DECEMBER 6TH, ACCORDING TO THE BUSINESS INSIDER, HARVARD YOUTH POLLS SHOW THAT YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES ARE CLEARLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ON EMPLOYMENT. THE RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE 18-29 YEAR OLD INTERVIEWEES OF 59% CONSIDERED AI A THREAT TO THEIR EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS, OF WHICH 26% CONSIDERED IT A “SIGNIFICANT THREAT”, 33% A “MINOR THREAT”, AND ONLY 23% INDICATED THAT AI DID NOT POSE A THREAT. IN CONTRAST, TRADITIONAL EMPLOYMENT STRESS FACTORS HAVE LESS INFLUENCE IN YOUNG PEOPLE ' S MINDS. 48% RESPONDENTS CONSIDER "OUTSOURCING" AS A THREAT. 31%..

On December 2, Intel's former CEO Pat Gelsinger said in an interview with the Financial Times recently that quantum calculations would replace GPUs over the next 10 years and could detonate the current artificial intelligence bubble. He stressed that quantum calculations together with classical and artificial intelligence calculations form the "triples" of IT, in which quantum technology is at the threshold of rapid breakthrough. Gersinger notes that quantum computers may be in the mainstream in two years, which is in line with the earlier proposal by the CEO of In-hoon Wong to calculate quantum to..

ON DECEMBER 1ST, JAMES CAMERON'S FILMS WERE OFTEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF VISUAL EFFECTS, ESPECIALLY THE AVATAR SERIES. THIS DOES NOT MEAN, HOWEVER, THAT CAMERON IS OPEN TO GENERATING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI). 1AI NOTES THAT, IN THE CBS SUNDAY MORNING PROGRAMME, IN CONNECTION WITH THE UPCOMING PRESENTATION OF AVATAR: FIRES AND BURNS, CAMERON ADMITTED IN AN INTERVIEW THAT ACTION CAPTURES (I.E. BY RECORDING ACTOR PERFORMANCES AS THE BASIC TEMPLATE CREATED BY DIGITAL ARTISTS) MAY APPEAR TO BE SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO THE GENERATION OF AI, BUT IN FACT “THE OPPOSITE”. CAMERON SAYS, "..

ON 29 NOVEMBER, ACCORDING TO NEWS REPORTS, TODAY (29 NOVEMBER), THE BEIJING CITY COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND THE CHINA GUAN VILLAGE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PARK BOARD OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED THE BEIJING WHITE PAPER ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INDUSTRY (2025) (HEREINAFTER “THE WHITE PAPER”). 1AI WAS INFORMED BY WHITE PAPER DATA THAT IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2025, THE CITY-WIDE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CORE INDUSTRY IN BEIJING WAS 22.1522 BILLION YUAN, AN INCREASE OF 25.3% OVER THE SAME PERIOD. PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT INDUSTRY SIZE IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED $450 BILLION THROUGHOUT 2025. THE WHITE PAPER IS BASED ON THE STATE OF GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT, CHINA..

ON 27 NOVEMBER, ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE RELEASED YESTERDAY ON THE WEBSITE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TSINGHUA, THE UNIVERSITY OF TSINGHUA RELEASED THE GUIDELINES FOR THE APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN EDUCATION AT TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES), FOR THE FIRST TIME SYSTEMATICALLY PROVIDING GLOBAL, HIERARCHICAL GUIDANCE AND REGULATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPLICATIONS ON CAMPUS. THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES CONSIST OF THE “GENERAL PROVISIONS” “PEDAGOGICAL PAPERS AND PRACTICAL RESULTS”3 AND COVER THE CORE SCENES OF CURRENT TEACHING AND ACADEMIC RESEARCH. 1AI UNDERSTANDS THAT THE “GENERAL PROVISIONS” PARTLY CLARIFY THE BASIC POSITION OF “ACTIVE AND PRUDENT” SCHOOLS AND SUGGEST “SUBJECT RESPONSIBILITY” FOR “GOOD FAITH ..

ON 26 NOVEMBER, ALI BABA GROUP PUBLISHED A FINANCIAL PAPER FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF FISCAL YEAR 2026, GROUP REVENUE OF $24,779.95 BILLION, SUPERMARKET EXPECTATIONS, REMOVAL OF THE IMPACT OF SOLD OPERATIONS, AND INCOME GROWTH OF 151 TP3T PER YEAR. ACCORDING TO ALI BABA CEDO, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BUBBLES ARE UNLIKELY TO OCCUR IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS. OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESOURCES AS A WHOLE WILL BE ON DEMAND. "WE ARE IN THE INPUT PHASE OF BUILDING THE AI TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE PLATFORM, AS WELL AS THE LARGE-SCALE CONSUMPTION PLATFORM THAT COMBINES LIFE SERVICES WITH ELECTRICITY PROVIDERS TO CREATE LONG-TERM STRATEGIC VALUE. THIS QUARTER..

On November 26th, Elon Mask posted yesterday on platform X that the AI Large Model Grok 5 will challenge the top human team of the Heroes Alliance in 2026 to see if it can be won under a number of constraints: one can only look at the monitor with a camera, and not see beyond what can be seen by people with a normal vision (20/20). 2. Response delays and hits cannot be faster than humans. Mask added that Grok 5 was designed to play any game by reading instructions and experimenting. Google DeepMind Research and Deep..

ON NOVEMBER 25, THE WHITE HOUSE LOCAL TIME IN THE UNITED STATES ISSUED A STATEMENT ON NOVEMBER 24 THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO LAUNCH A NEW NATIONAL PLAN TO CHANGE THE WAY SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IS CONDUCTED USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TO ACCELERATE SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES. THE STATEMENT STATED THAT THE ORDER INSTRUCTED THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY TO CREATE A PLATFORM FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE EXPERIMENTS TO INTEGRATE SUPERCOMPUTERS AND UNIQUE DATA ASSETS IN THE UNITED STATES TO GENERATE SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATION MODELS AND SUPPORT ROBOTIC LABORATORIES. THE DECREE INSTRUCTED THE PRESIDENTIAL ASSISTANT FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AFFAIRS (APST) TO COORDINATE THE NATIONAL PLAN AND TO INTEGRATE THE FEDERAL..