Wisdom Morning Post： Baidu Brain launches 13 AI hardware Dong Mingzhu re-elected as Chairman and President of Gree Electric.
"Wisdom Things" Evening News No.1141
Thursday, January 17, 2019
# Today’s news #
1, even throw 13 new Baidu brain first bright sword AI hardware
On January 16 th, Baidu Brain released a series of visual and voice solutions integrating software and hardware around the end-side intelligence of the device in Shenzhen, and launched a series of landing products of partners, with a total of 13 models. Among them, Baidu launched a model production platform; Around the visual application, two terminal computing cards, two snap cameras, a face offline recognition SDK2.0, four lens modules and development kits are introduced; Around the voice scene, the voice development kit of three major scenes was launched; In addition, in order to serve hardware access, a hardware access platform and Baidu Brain AI hardware evaluation and certification platform were also launched.
2. Gree Electric: Re-appointed Dong Mingzhu as Chairman and President.
On the evening of January 16th, Gree Electric announced that the new board of directors elected Dong Mingzhu as the company’s chairman and re-appointed Dong Mingzhu as the company’s president. In addition, Huang Hui was re-appointed as the CEO of the company; Re-appointed Wang Jingdong, Zhuang Pei and Tan Jianming as the company’s vice presidents; Wang Jingdong was re-appointed as the chief financial officer, and Zhang Zhou Hu and Yan Zhangxiang were appointed as the company’s securities affairs representatives by the secretary of the board of directors.
In addition, at the first extraordinary shareholders’ meeting in 2019, Gree Electric reviewed and approved the Plan on the Company’s Profit Distribution in the First Half of 2018, and distributed cash 6 yuan (tax) to all shareholders for every 10 shares based on the company’s total share capital of 6,015,730,878 shares, totaling RMB 3,609,438,526.80, and the balance was transferred to the following annual distribution.
3. The new flagship model X7 of BMW’s strongest 7-seat SUV was launched in Shanghai.
On January 16th, BMW launched its new flagship model X7 and redesigned 7 Series in Shanghai, and announced that the new 8 Series will also land in China this year. BMW X7 is a full-size six-seater/seven-seater SUV, and its nose (air intake grille) is very large, which can be called the nose of the pig in the Year of the Pig. BMW officials have not announced the X7′ s body size, but the car has learned that its length is more than 5 meters and its wheelbase is more than 3.1 meters. The specific data will not be determined until it is listed.
Based on BMW’s latest CLAR platform, the car is equipped with a 12.3-inch full LCD instrument, a 12-inch central control touch screen, a HUD head-up display and two rear entertainment screens, with L2+ automatic driving capability. BMW revealed at the scene that X7 will be listed in China in the second quarter of this year, while the modified 7 Series and 8 Series will be listed in the second half of this year.
# Artificial Intelligence #
1. Academician He Hequan: China AI has insufficient investment in manufacturing.
On January 16th, Wu Hequan, academician of China Academy of Engineering and chairman of internet society of china, said that although China’s investment in AI field is higher than that of the United States, its investment in manufacturing industry is obviously insufficient, and manufacturing industry is a huge market for AI application in the future.
He introduced that in 2015, the manufacturing industry ranked first in the statistics of the growth rate brought by AI to various industries in China, but at present, 23.4% of AI investment in China is concentrated in the commercial and retail fields, 18.3% is in autonomous driving, while the manufacturing industry is less than 1%. This is mainly because the data collection process of manufacturing industry is longer, the reliability of data is more challenging, and it is more difficult to test the results of manufacturing industry.
2. Law engineers push the web version of the deep learning model editor.
On January 16th, it was reported that Emmanuel Chappat, a full-stack engineer in Lyon, France, recently released a web-based deep learning model editor-Aifiddle. Using this editor, you can build, train and run the neural network directly on the web page without downloading any client applications, installing any plug-ins or even downloading data sets, and it is even 3D visible. It is reported that the whole tool is developed based on tensorflow.js According to the introduction on the AiFiddle website, it will support more data sets in the future.
3. Microsoft Xiao Bing brings life to virtual IP in China market.
On January 16th, the Internet Engineering Institute of Microsoft (Asia) announced that, following the cooperation with Petelf and Asahi TV in Japan, it has cooperated with Tea Reading under Reading Group in China, giving interactive and creative life to national high-quality IP virtual characters which are widely loved by readers. The first batch of IP endowments include five people, including Ye Xiu, the original work of Full-time Master, and have taken the lead in launching the tea reading APP.
4. Magic Point Technology completed 60 million Pre-B rounds of financing.
On January 16th, it was reported that Hangzhou Modian Technology Co., Ltd., an artificial intelligence startup, had completed 60 million Pre-B rounds of financing by the end of 2018. This round of financing was strategically invested by Etu Technology, Zhejiang University Lianchuang Capital increased its holdings, Yinying Capital and Dingju Investment followed suit. Xiao Chuanbao, founder and CEO of Magic Point Technology, said that this round of financing will be mainly used to introduce more professionals in the field of artificial intelligence, realize product iteration and improve technical solutions.
5. Microsoft’s largest AI and IoT lab in the world settled in Shanghai.
On January 16th, Microsoft’s world’s largest artificial intelligence and Internet of Things laboratory was located in Zhangjiang, Shanghai, and it was located in artificial intelligence island of Zhangjiang Science City, with a total area of 2,800 square meters. It is planned to officially start operation in April 2019. This lab is the first in Microsoft Asia Pacific, the third in the world, and the largest one in Microsoft artificial intelligence and Internet of Things so far.
It is reported that the laboratory aims to promote the deep integration of artificial intelligence, Internet of Things and digital transformation of enterprises in manufacturing, retail, medical high-tech, finance, public affairs and other industries.
6. Whale Warehouse Technology has completed the 75 million yuan B+ round of financing.
Smart things news on January 16th, domestic intelligent warehousing industry company.In December 2018, Jingcang Technology completed the 75 million yuan B+ round of financing.This round of financing was led by Defiance Technology, and BV Baidu Venture Capital followed suit. It is reported that this round of financing aims to accelerate the application of AI in warehousing scenarios through cooperation with Defiance and Baidu Venture Capital.
# New trip #
1. Didi: The rules for drunk passengers have been extended to 15 cities nationwide.
On January 16th, Didi’s rule of "drunken passengers travelling by car" was tried out for more than one month, and it was extended from Shenzhen to Shanghai, Chengdu, Shijiazhuang, Kunming, Guangzhou, Dongguan, Wuhan, Tianjin, Shenyang, Foshan, Changsha, Zhengzhou, Jinan and Nanjing, with a total of 15 cities. From now on, express trains and drivers in the above 15 cities can use the functions of reporting drunk passengers and applying for cancellation.
The rule stipulates that before the start of the trip, if the driver judges that drunken passengers may endanger the safety of the trip, he can apply for cancellation of the order; During the trip, the driver has the right to terminate the service if the drunken passengers behave in a way that threatens the safety of the trip; After the passengers are delivered to the destination, if the drunken passengers can’t afford to sleep and don’t want to get off the bus, the driver can contact the platform to cooperate or call the police for help.
2. Pass Apple to consider completely giving up the self-driving car project.
On the evening of January 16th, Jahanara Nissar and KC Rajkumar, analysts of Lynx Equity Strategies, an investment research company, released a report saying that they heard that Apple was reducing the scale of the self-driving car project, and even considering ending the project completely. Two analysts said that if the news is true, it will be a big blow to Apple.
3. The cumulative test mileage of automatic driving in Beijing exceeds 150,000 kilometers.
On January 16 th, a few days ago, Rong Jun, deputy director and spokesperson of the Beijing Municipal Transportation Commission, introduced that in 2018, Beijing actively carried out self-driving road tests. At present, 54 temporary number plates for road tests have been issued to eight test subjects, with a cumulative test mileage of more than 150,000 kilometers.
4. Meituan will jointly promote the implementation of V2X interactive standards.
On January 16th, it was reported that Xia Huaxia, general manager of the unmanned distribution department of Meituan, said a few days ago, "In unmanned distribution, people, cars, roads, clouds, cabinets, ladders and doors interact with each other, which forms V2X’s requirements for interaction standards are very high, but now there is no unified standard in the industry. In the future, Meituan hopes to unite the government and more enterprises and research institutes to jointly promote the V2X standard and unmanned distribution technology as soon as possible. "
5. Kenworth wants to take Toyota to push 10 heavy trucks for hydrogen fuel cells.
On January 16th, according to foreign media reports, Kenworth Truck Co teamed up with Toyota North America to develop 10 heavy-duty hydrogen fuel cell trucks. According to Fleet Owner, the truck will use a mixture of hydrogen and air to generate electricity and power the truck. When necessary, this model will also be equipped with a lithium battery to optimize performance when necessary. It is said that this truck has a cruising range of about 300 miles when carrying out conventional short barge transportation operations.
6. Evergrande set up a charging pile company to increase the new energy vehicle industry.
On January 16th, the national enterprise credit information publicity system showed that Evergrande High-tech Group established "Hengda Smart Charging Technology Co., Ltd." in Hidesuke on January 2nd, with a registered capital of 100 million yuan. Its business scope includes technology research and development, technology transfer and technical consultation of new energy vehicle charging piles and software. Design and operation services of charging facilities, etc. The legal representative is Zhao Dongsheng.
# Robots/drones #
1. More than half of robots in Japan Robot Hotel are required to be laid off.
January 17th news, according to foreign media reports, Japan’s Strange Hotel originally hired 243 robots to help. At present, the company has fired half of them, because these robots create more problems than they can solve.
One of the robots that were laid off was a doll-shaped voice assistant named Churi who was on duty in every hotel room. The main reason why it was fired was that it could not answer questions about the business hours of local enterprises, such as scenic spots. Other robots that have been dismissed include: robot luggage carts, robots that copy passports for guests, and robots that have been out of date for many years.
2. YOGO released the intelligent distribution Station of the Station robot.
On January 16 th, Zhidx news, YOGO Robot released a new product, YOGO Station intelligent distribution station. It is said that this is the world’s first solution of terminal distribution group robot system, which realizes the unmanned distribution process covering seven links: receiving, temporary storage, sorting, delivery, delivery, feedback and return.
3. Despise and push the brain river map of intelligent robot network cooperation.
On January 16 th, Zhidong News, Defiance Technology held a strategy conference for defying robots and launched Hetu, the first intelligent robot network collaboration brain in the industry. According to reports, Hetu is an operating system dedicated to the rapid integration of robots, logistics and manufacturing business, and one-stop solution to the whole process of planning, simulation, implementation and operation.
At the same time, it defied the release of the river map partner plan and said that it would invest 2 billion yuan to accelerate the landing of robot scenes with ecological partners.
# Communication circle #
1. OPPO push screen fingerprint technology can be entered with two fingers.
On January 16th, OPPO released a brand-new optical domain screen fingerprint technology, in which the gold recognition area is 15 times that of the current mainstream optical scheme, and it supports functions such as "blind operation of black screen" and "optical domain encryption". This technology adds the function of simultaneous entry and authentication with two fingers, which greatly improves the security.
2. OPPO announced the launch of 10x hybrid optical zoom technology.
On January 16th, OPPO announced the launch of 10x hybrid optical zoom technology, and adopted the "super wide angle+super clear main camera+telephoto" three-camera solution to achieve 10x zoom, which can meet the needs of users for multi-scene composition creation from super wide angle to telephoto. According to reports, the technology has reached the commercial level and has mass production capacity. OPPO will further demonstrate the technology at MWC 2019.
In addition, OPPO has tested the reliability of the whole camera module by rigorous anti-drop test, in which the prism part has undergone two rounds of 28,000 anti-drop tests, which can ensure that the mobile phone will not affect the user’s camera experience due to slight collision.
#5G#
1. Guangdong Unicom opened the world’s first 5G mobile phone.
On January 16th, Guangdong Unicom recently cooperated with ZTE to test the outfield in Shenzhen’s 5G scale, and opened the world’s first 5G mobile phone outfield call based on the latest protocol version of 3GPP, and experienced applications such as WeChat and video under the 5G network.
# Apple Pie #
1. Apple is planning to reduce recruitment. The specific department has not been decided.
On the morning of January 17th, according to informed sources, Apple will cut the recruitment of some departments, which departments will be decided in the future. Apple CEO Tim Cook disclosed the news to employees at a meeting earlier this month. However, he said that key departments such as Apple’s artificial intelligence team will continue to add new employees at a strong speed. The layoffs will not affect the plan to open a new office in Austin, Texas, nor will it affect Apple’s expansion plan in Los Angeles. Apple shares fell less than 1% in after-hours trading on Wednesday.
# New progress #
1. Gree Electric: It is estimated that the revenue in 2018 will be 200-201 billion.
On the evening of January 16th, Gree Electric announced that the total operating income in 2018 is expected to be 200-201 billion yuan, and the net profit will be 26-27 billion yuan, up 16%-21% year-on-year.
2. Dong Mingzhu was re-elected as Gree Director and Liu Shuwei was elected as independent director.
On January 16th, the 11th general meeting of Gree Electric was held, and Dong Mingzhu continued to serve as the director of Gree Electric. Her term of office will last until January 2022, which is likely to be her last re-election. In addition, Liu Shuwei was successfully elected as an independent director of Gree Electric. Liu Shuwei is currently the director of China Enterprise Research Center of Central University of Finance and Economics and the independent director of Vanke.
It is reported that since Dong Mingzhu took the helm of Gree Electric in 2012, Gree Electric’s revenue has increased from 99.3 billion yuan to 148.3 billion yuan, and its net profit has increased from 7.38 billion yuan to 22.4 billion yuan. On January 16th, Gree Electric closed at 39.31 yuan, up 1.37%.
3. Dong Mingzhu: You should buy a Gree mobile phone if you get a dividend.
On the afternoon of January 16th, Gree Electric held an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting. When talking about Gree mobile phone, Dong Mingzhu said, "Everyone said Gree mobile phone didn’t succeed. How do you know it didn’t succeed? My performance is growing and I am successful. " "When you get my dividend, you should take it out and buy a mobile phone." She also said.
It is understood that mobile phones are one of the four major industrial sectors in Gree’s layout. Gree’s four major layouts, in addition to air conditioning, include household appliances (kitchen appliances, washing machines, refrigerators, etc.), high-end equipment (intelligent equipment, industrial robots, CNC machine tools, etc.), and communication equipment (Internet of Things equipment, smart phones, chips, big data).
4. Xiaomi closed down 2.61% and was cashed out by shareholders of HK$ 2.2 billion.
On January 16th, Xiaomi closed at HK$ 9.7, down 2.61%, with a total market value of HK$ 241.422 billion. This morning, according to Bloomberg, an institutional investor of Xiaomi sold 231 million Class B shares at a price of HK$ 9.45 per share, earning a total of HK$ 2.18 billion.
5. Dong Mingzhu: There will be more cooperation between Yinlong and Gree in the future.
On January 16th, it was reported that Dong Mingzhu said at the first extraordinary shareholders’ meeting in Gree Electric in 2019, "Why did you borrow money to invest in Yinlong? It was for Gree Electric to build this bridge. I still stick to my own principles on this issue. There will be more cooperation between Yinlong and Gree Electric in the future. This cooperation is not a benefit transfer. It is to do more important things for development, and the most perfect result is to open the Gree automobile air conditioning market. "
6. Raytheon Intelligent Equipment completed tens of millions of A rounds of financing.
On January 16 th, it was reported that Raytheon Intelligent Equipment completed tens of millions of Series A financing at the end of 2018. This round of financing was mainly used for technology research and development investment and business expansion.
According to the data, Raytheon intelligent equipment is composed of entrepreneurs with military background, such as Chinese Academy of Sciences and other scientific research units. It is mainly engaged in the research and development and production of ground unmanned intelligent platforms for military (police) and civilian special fields, hoping to become an integrated supplier of our army’s ground unmanned intelligent platform technology and our army’s unmanned intelligent equipment.
7. Lianfa Technology: There is no suspension of the supply of Xiaomi mobile phones.
On January 16 th, in response to the recent online news that "Lianfa Technology and Xiaomi Mobile Phone terminated cooperation", Lianfa Technology issued a statement in response, saying that the news was unfounded and untrue. According to media reports, MediaTek has recently terminated its cooperation with Xiaomi and temporarily stopped providing chip support for Xiaomi mobile phones. This may be caused by a series of recent crises of Xiaomi, including falling stock price and being downgraded. In this regard, MediaTek said that "the cooperation with Xiaomi mobile phone is good, and the cooperation case is progressing smoothly as usual, and there is no suspension of supply."
8. Qiu Ti’s annual profit dropped by 95% year-on-year, causing its share price to plummet.
On the evening of January 15th, Qiu Ti Technology issued a profit warning. According to the announcement, Qiu Ti Technology expects that the comprehensive profit before tax of shareholders of the Group last year may be reduced by about 95% compared with the same period last year. On the 16th, the company’s share price plummeted by 8.5%.
During the reporting period, Qiu Ti Technology also bluntly stated that although the sales of camera modules recorded a substantial increase in 2018, it took time to optimize the product structure, the proportion of low-value-added low-pixel camera modules increased, and the average sales unit price of camera module products fell, resulting in an increase in the proportion of depreciation, labor and other costs, which affected the overall gross profit margin of camera products.
9. Pass on Apple’s senior vice president or become Intel CEO.
On January 16th, according to Axios, the position of Intel CEO recently added a new candidate, Johny Srouji, who was the senior vice president of Apple’s hardware technology department and was mainly responsible for Apple’s independent chip research and development. It is reported that Srouji has rich experience in chip research and development, and worked in Intel’s Israeli factory from 1990 to 2005.
Earlier, according to Bloomberg News, Intel’s board of directors hoped to elect a new CEO before releasing its new quarterly earnings report on January 24. People familiar with the matter said that possible candidates such as Sanjay Jha, Anand Chandrasekher and Renee James were no longer involved. Bob Swan, CFO and interim CEO of Intel, recently reiterated that he has no intention of becoming the official CEO of the company.
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