Bosses in the Yangtze River Delta are building a group system | intelligent | boss
May 6th is a crucial day for iFlytek. On this day, iFLYTEK officially released the artificial intelligence cognitive model "Spark", which means that the "Hundred Model Battle" has added another powerful player. Previously, major companies such as Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, and Huawei have all announced their respective big models and related products. At the press conference, a statement by Liu Qingfeng, Chairman of iFLYTEK Co., Ltd., attracted attention: iFLYTEK has led the design of a universal cognitive big model evaluation system through the National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Intelligence, and has jointly discussed with the Chinese Academy of Sciences Artificial Intelligence Industry University Research Innovation Alliance and the Long Three Corners Artificial Intelligence Industry Chain Alliance to form 481 sub task types covering 7 major categories, promoting the development of big models in a scientific evaluation system. Why did Liu Qingfeng mention the Yangtze River Delta Artificial Intelligence Industry Chain Alliance in this important release event?
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To answer this question, first go back to 2020. On June 5, 2020, the Yangtze River Delta Entrepreneur Alliance was established, with Liu Qingfeng serving as co chairman. This alliance is composed of leading enterprises in key and pillar industries in the Yangtze River Delta region, as well as the main leaders of relevant industry chambers of commerce associations. It is a non-profit organization that spans across regions and ownership systems. At the establishment conference, the term industry chain alliance was repeatedly mentioned. Using the industrial chain as a lever to solidify the alliance has become a consensus among the attendees. Three months later, the Yangtze River Delta Superconducting Industry Chain Alliance, Yangtze River Delta Software and Information Service Industry Chain Alliance, Yangtze River Delta Digital Health Industry Chain Alliance, and Yangtze River Delta Artificial Intelligence Industry Chain Alliance were awarded licenses and established. During the third high-level forum on integrated development in the Yangtze River Delta in 2021, four industry chain alliances including the Yangtze River Delta Artificial Intelligence Industry Chain Alliance were officially unveiled, with iFlytek becoming the first chairman unit of the alliance. Behind the establishment of the industrial chain alliance is the urgent demand of various market entities in the Yangtze River Delta for free flow of factors and optimized allocation of resources. At the unveiling ceremony, the reporter met Liu Qingfeng, who was walking and accepting interviews in a lively manner. "Leading enterprises have arrived, research institutes have arrived, supporting enterprises have arrived, and typical user units have also arrived. Everyone has come," said Liu Qingfeng. He introduced that the Yangtze River Delta Artificial Intelligence Industry Chain Alliance currently includes more than 70 units, including leading enterprises such as iFlytek, Shangtang, and Yitu, as well as universities such as University of Science and Technology of China, Fudan University, Jiaotong University, and Zhejiang University. He hopes that the industrial chain alliance can leverage the power of industry, academia, research and government to build a high-quality integrated development system for the artificial intelligence industry in the Yangtze River Delta, achieve complementary industrial advantages and division of labor cooperation among different regions, and promote the development of the artificial intelligence industry in the Yangtze River Delta to become a globally influential industrial highland. Supplementing, fixing, and strengthening chains were hot topics discussed in that forum. At the 2021 Joint Conference on Cooperation and Development in the Yangtze River Delta Region held the day before, the economic and information departments of the three provinces and one city signed the Cooperation Agreement on Jointly Carrying out the Action of Supplementing and Strengthening the Industrial Chain, jointly implementing the Action of Supplementing and Strengthening the Industrial Chain, and exploring the path of the Yangtze River Delta with a new development pattern. The attendees have a consensus that the industrial chain alliance will be conducive to strengthening the exchange and docking of information, technology, talent, and other aspects upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, joint research and application promotion. Tang Liang, the Chairman of Aosheng Group Co., Ltd., who is also the Co Chairman, has a metaphor: if the Yangtze River Delta Entrepreneur Alliance is a pioneer, then the Industrial Chain Alliance is a sharp knife in the hands of the pioneer. The industrial chain alliance is not an advanced and backward group in the Belt and Road Initiative, but a capable assault team that dares to fight tough battles. All franchise members must be highly skilled and skilled soldiers who possess unique skills and are capable of fighting. At present, the Yangtze River Delta Artificial Intelligence Industry Chain Alliance has gathered 75 parent tria
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The top ten innovative applications of artificial intelligence in the Yangtze River Delta selected at the 5th World Sound Expo. Respondents provide pictures
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Since its establishment, Liu Qingfeng has often mentioned the Yangtze River Delta Artificial Intelligence Industry Chain Alliance in important occasions. During the 2022 National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Liu Qingfeng once told the media that the Yangtze River Delta Artificial Intelligence Industry Chain Alliance has formed an entire industry ecosystem with source technology innovation, product application, and scenario penetration. The next step in the development of the industry chain, especially in the "bottleneck" areas, is to better coordinate division of labor, avoid low-level duplication, and avoid excessive "internal competition" in some key research and development aspects, thereby forming collaborative innovation in the entire region. At the iFlytek Spark Cognitive Model Achievement Conference on May 6th, Liu Qingfeng directly talked about the relationship between the Yangtze River Delta Artificial Intelligence Industry Chain Alliance and the iFlytek Spark Cognitive Model. In an interview with a reporter, Xu Jiajia, vice president of iFLYTEK and vice president and secretary-general of the Yangtze River Delta Artificial Intelligence Industry Chain Alliance, introduced the relationship between the two in detail: at the beginning of launching the cognitive model project, the National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Intelligence jointly built by iFLYTEK and the University of Science and Technology of China led the design of a set of detailed test methods facing the seven important directions of general artificial intelligence. After this system came out, it discussed with many experts and partners of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Artificial Intelligence Industry University Research Alliance and the Yangtze River Delta Artificial Intelligence Industry Chain Alliance, reached broad consensus, and formed 481 sub task types covering seven major categories. In the scientific evaluation system, promote the development of large models. Among them, the cooperation with the Yangtze River Delta Artificial Intelligence Industry Chain Alliance focuses on the application and implementation of the industry chain. Regarding the heated discussion on the internet about which domestic large model is stronger, Xu Jiajia believes that it is meaningless. Today, the cognitive big model has just begun to take off and is still in the process of rapid growth and iteration. Even ChatGPT and GPT-4 have many questions that cannot be answered well. If we only look for some single point examples to prove which system is strong or weak, I think it is meaningless. What kind of comparison is meaningful? At the press conference on May 6th, Liu Qingfeng expressed his respect and learning from OpenAI, while also striving to catch up quickly and surpass it. "When we pay tribute to and learn from OpenAI, while quickly catching up and striving to surpass it, we believe that a scientific and systematic evaluation system is first needed," said Xu Jiajia. "What we particularly want to say is that if we want the emerging cognitive intelligence to truly meet the needs of society, rather than just doing a promotion, we need to establish a practical, down-to-earth, scientific, and systematic evaluation system." Xu Jiajia explained, "This scientific and systematic evaluation system should tell us to what extent our technology has reached, where the next step of development should be, how far technology is from practicality, and what work still needs to be done."
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The establishment conference of the Yangtze River Delta Artificial Intelligence Industry Chain Alliance. Respondents provide pictures
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The evaluation system is already being established. At the Industrial Digitalization Summit of the Yangtze River Delta Entrepreneur Alliance held on June 3rd, the National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Intelligence, the Chinese Academy of Sciences Artificial Intelligence Industry University Research Innovation Alliance, and the Yangtze River Delta Artificial Intelligence Industry Chain Alliance jointly released the General Cognitive Intelligence Big Model Evaluation System. On the same day, Liu Qingfeng became the new rotating chairman. As of April 2023, the Yangtze River Delta Entrepreneur Alliance has grown from less than 100 members to 216 council members. Looking ahead to the development of the Yangtze River Delta Artificial Intelligence Industry Chain Alliance, Xu Jiajia frankly stated that in the past year, the upstream and downstream collaboration mechanism of the Yangtze River Delta Artificial Intelligence Industry Chain has been improved to a certain extent, but there are still some problems. Specifically, it manifests in the lack of unified planning and coordination, uneven allocation of infrastructure and resources, insufficient technological innovation and achievement transformation, and insufficient talent mobility and exchange. In response to these issues, Xu Jiajia proposed four suggestions: first, establish a unified planning and coordination mechanism, clarify the strategic goals and responsibilities of all parties, and strengthen communication and cooperation; The second is to strengthen the coordination and management of infrastructure and resource allocation, ensuring that all cities and regions can receive sufficient support and resources; The third is to promote technological innovation and achievement transformation, establish innovation alliances and technology transfer mechanisms, and promote the transformation and application of scientific and technological achievements; The fourth is to strengthen talent mobility and exchange, establish talent sharing platforms and exchange mechanisms, encourage talent mobility and exchange, and improve the talent reserve and competitiveness of the entire region. As of now, the Yangtze River Delta has established 10 industry chain alliances in two batches, including artificial intelligence, digital health, superconducting industry, high-end medical care, green transportation, cable and optical cable, smart retail, software information, smart city, and digital creativity. At the Industrial Digitalization Summit of the Yangtze River Delta Entrepreneur Alliance held on June 3rd, the third batch of industrial chain alliances made their debut.
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