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AMD’s CES 2025 press conference: How to watch
Main points:
- AMD faces competition from Nvidia at CES 2025
- AMD may unveil next-gen GPU, potentially RDNA 4 cards (RX 8000 or RX 9000 series)
Supporting details:
- AMD's event is on January 6, 11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET, and will be streamed on YouTube
- The event will discuss AMD's high-performance computing and AI product portfolio.
$132K – $149K, here’s what seed-stage founders pay early employees, based on data
**Main points:**
- Average salaries for seed-stage startup founders and employees: CEO ($132,000), CTO ($134,000), COO/Operations ($135,000), Product/CPO ($149,000)
- Technical positions tend to be paid more, with senior engineers earning $180,000-$235,000 in the Bay Area
- Founders' pay increases with funding rounds, reaching $183,000 after Series A and $218,000 after Series B
- Employees receive equity, with first hires getting 0.5%-4% (median 1.49%) and decreasing for subsequent hires.
GV, the VC team backed by Google, has a broad remit, but it can’t do one thing
**Main points:**
- David Krane, GV CEO, oversees $1 billion annual investments.
- GV has invested in 800 companies, $10 billion over 15 years.
- Investments are made for financial returns, with few limitations.
**Supporting details:**
- GV invests mostly in the US and Europe, with a focus on life sciences and digital categories.
- Krane emphasizes communication with Alphabet's CapitalG to avoid conflicts.
- GV may fund startups founded by former Google employees, but doesn't actively recruit them.
Elon Musk’s xAI lands $6B in new cash to fuel AI ambitions
Main points:
- xAI, Elon Musk's AI company, raised $6 billion in a Series C financing round, valuing the company at $45 billion.
- The funding round was led by investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Blackrock, and Kingdom Holdings, which invested $400 million.
- xAI has raised a total of $12 billion and plans to use the new funds to accelerate infrastructure, product development, and research.
Supporting details:
- xAI's flagship model, Gro "rebellious streak" and is integrated into X (formerly Twitter), with plans to handle more functions in the future.
- The company is expanding rapidly, with over 100 employees and plans to raise more money next year.
Mindgard获得800万美元融资，推动AI安全测试技术发展
Mindgard 完成 800 万美元融资，推动 AI 安全测试技术研发和市场扩展。其动态应用安全测试（DAST-AI）解决方案针对 AI 特有安全漏洞，确保持续安全监测。Mindgard 任命新高管，强化北美市场领导地位。解决方案可识别和修复仅在运行时才能检测到的 AI 漏洞，保障 AI 系统安全。
ChatGPT搜索功能面临潜在风险：或被恶意操控输出不可信内容
主要发现：
- 英国《卫报》调查发现OpenAI的ChatGPT搜索工具可能存在安全隐患，受到隐藏内容的操控，返回恶意代码或不实评价。
- 测试显示，ChatGPT的回应可能被隐藏文本影响，即使页面存在负面评论。
- 专家警告，这可能带来“高风险”，但OpenAI预计会在功能开放前修复这些问题。
- 搜索引擎如谷歌曾对使用隐藏文本的网站进行惩罚，ChatGPT也面临类似的挑战。
NoTraffic与马里兰州交通部签约，部署AI交通管理系统缓解拥堵
人工智能交通管理公司NoTraffic与马里兰州交通部签署合同，部署其交通管理平台。该平台采用硬件、人工智能和边缘计算，能够在2小时内安装，优化交通信号，缓解拥堵。平台核心是控制单元，利用人工智能优化引擎分析交通数据，实时调整信号灯时长。已在30多个州和加拿大部署，NoTraffic的系统显著改善了交通状况。首席执行官Tal Kreisler表示，马里兰州的批准是改变交通管理领域的重要一步。
科技巨头寻求地热能以应对AI日益增长的能源消耗
主要点：
- 人工智能的能源需求激增导致大型科技公司的排放量上升，远离了他们的脱碳目标。
- 科技巨头如谷歌和Meta推动可再生能源基础设施和新型清洁能源的研发。
- 地热能成为应对人工智能能源消耗的新选择，尽管开发成本较高。
PharmEasy investor cuts value of its stake drastically, implying new valuation of $456M
Main points:
- PharmEasy's valuation is now $456 million, a 92% decrease from its all-time high of $5.6 billion.
- Janus Henderson valued its 12.9 million shares at $766,043, down from the original $9.4 million investment.
- Despite securing $200 million in fresh capital, PharmEasy's valuation remains low due to financial challenges and debt obligations.
- The startup has raised over $1 billion to date and is preparing for an IPO next year.
Bluesky is testing a trending topics feature
Main points:
- Bluesky is testing a trending topics view on desktop and mobile apps.
- Trending topics are currently available in English and can be disabled in settings.
- The feature excludes muted words and phrases.
Supporting details:
- Bluesky has over 25 million users and plans to improve the feature.
- Third-party clients like Greysky already implemented trending topics last year.
重庆发布AI气象预报大模型！预报精度大幅提升
重庆市气象局发布了“天资·12h”AI气象预报大模型，专注于成渝地区致灾降水精准预报。该模型基于华为盘古全球气象大模型，融合地面气象实况和高精度地形数据，采用全球与区域大模型融合架构。它可以预报成渝地区未来12小时的地面降水、气温、风和相对湿度，时空分辨率为3小时、3公里。预报准确率较传统预报提升了36%。该模型可应用于超大城市治理、低空经济和危岩地灾预警等领域。
百度亮出2024“AI成绩单”！多项大奖加身，技术实力获国际认可
百度发布“AI成绩单”，展示2024年获奖成果，涵盖基础大模型、智能体、AI应用等领域。体现强大实力和国际认可。连续两年入选《财富》全球人工智能创新者50强和世界互联网大会领先科技奖。这些奖项肯定了百度的技术实力和推动AI应用落地方面努力。未来，百度将继续加大AI领域投入，推动创新和应用。
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