WeChat launches “installment” payment function; smart glasses equipped with ChatGPT-4o appear; “Surrounded by Beautiful Women” mobile version will be launched | Geek Early Knowledge

Warren Buffett donates $5.3 billion in stocks to support charity

On June 30, investment legend Warren Buffett announced last Friday that he would convert 8,674 Class A shares of Berkshire Hathaway into 13.01 million Class B shares and donate them to five charitable foundations. Based on Thursday's closing price, the shares are worth about $5.3 billion.

Buffett told the Wall Street Journal that after his death, almost all of his remaining wealth will be donated to a new charitable trust managed by his daughter and two sons.

In addition, Buffett also made it clear that donations to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will stop after his death.

Berkshire Hathaway Class B shares rose slightly by 0.2% in pre-market trading. (Source: IT Home)

Baidu CTO Wang Haifeng: Wenxin Yiyan has 300 million users

On June 28, at the Baidu WAVE SUMMIT Deep Learning Developer Conference, Baidu CTO Wang Haifeng announced that the cumulative user scale of Wenxin Yiyan has reached 300 million, with the highest daily call volume reaching 500 million times.

Wang Haifeng said that the rapid development of the Wenxin big model is inseparable from the support of the PaddlePaddle platform, and released the Baidu PaddlePaddle framework 3.0 Beta version.

In addition, Wang Haifeng also announced the release of the new version of Wenxin Big Model 4.0 Turbo. Compared with the 4.0 version of Wenxin Big Model, the new version of Turbo has faster response speed and stronger search ability. (Source: TechWeb)

The original Meta Quest VR headset will lose all hardware support on August 31

Meta is ending official hardware support for the original Meta Quest VR headset. According to Eurogamer, the company has sent emails to Meta Quest users, informing them that the device will no longer receive any security updates or bug fixes starting August 31.

There are unconfirmed rumors that Meta will launch a new cheap model sometime in 2024, and UploadVR reports that the device may be called Meta Quest 3S. (Source: cnBeta)

Kai-Fu Lee: AI intelligence is expected to surpass PhDs by 2025, and the singularity will break out in a few years

On June 29, at the Zhihu 10th Salt Club New Knowledge Youth Conference, Kai-Fu Lee, CEO of Zero One Everything and Chairman of Innovation Works, said that the performance of large models has accelerated in the past two years, and AI has exceeded the average human level. It is expected to exceed the doctoral level in 2025 and usher in a singularity outbreak in a few years.

Kai-Fu Lee also said that after AI liberates us from daily repetitive work, humans need to rethink the true meaning of “being human”. Work is, to a certain extent, a curse left over from the industrial age, which confines humans to boring and repetitive assembly lines; in the AI ​​2.0 era, by using the 3C guidelines, everyone can become the master of AI, everyone can wave the AI ​​magic wand in their hands, use the AI ​​magic lamp well, use AI magic to break the work curse, be the best version of themselves, and create a Renaissance in the AI ​​era together. (Source: TechWeb)

Zhihu launches a new AI product “Zhihu Direct Answer”, which supports questions, searches and other functions

On June 29, Zhihu released a new AI product, Zhihu Direct Answer, which is the official product of its AI search function, and has an independent domain name and service entrance. The product has been launched on the PC side and can be used through the “zhida.ai” domain name.

According to reports, “Zhihu Direct Answers” is based on the real question and answer data of Zhihu creators, and can provide “brief” and “in-depth” answer generation results according to user needs, and supports “finding content” and “finding people”, further shortening the distance between content needs and high-quality answers, and amplifying the circulation effect of community creators and their content.

It is revealed that Zhihu Direct Answer will continue to promote App development and the introduction of multimodal capabilities, and actively explore external cooperation. (Source: IT Home)

WeChat consumer finance product “Installment” is launched, with two modes to choose from

WeChat's consumer finance product “Installment” is launched. This product supports online and offline scenarios, and can be repaid in 3, 6, or 12 installments. It is available for consumption of more than 500 yuan. On the repayment day, repayments will be automatically made from change, balance card, and savings card.

Regarding whether the installment payment is fully available, Tencent customer service responded that the installment payment can be used for consumption scenarios such as dining and shopping, but it is not currently supported for sending red envelopes, transferring money, withdrawing cash, etc.; scanning the personal payment code to pay, the installment payment is not yet fully available. If the transaction is displayed as not supporting installment payment, other payment methods can be selected for payment. (Source: Tonghuashun 7×24 News)

Xiaopeng MONA M03 will make its global debut on July 3: a 150,000 yuan compact pure electric sedan

On June 29, according to official news, Xiaopeng's first model of the MONA series, the M03, will make its global debut on July 3. The new car is positioned as a compact pure electric sedan and is expected to be launched in the third quarter of this year.

Judging from the official pictures that have been exposed so far, the overall shape of the new car creates a low-lying sports atmosphere, bringing a visual effect of a wide body and a low center of gravity. The side design of the car body is simple, and the upper waistline extends from the front fender to the taillight, strengthening the overall sports atmosphere.

According to official news from Xiaopeng, the drag coefficient of Xiaopeng MONA M03 is only Cd 0.194, achieving the lowest wind resistance among mass-produced pure electric hatchbacks in the world.

As a new product series under Xiaopeng Motors, the Xiaopeng MONA series is a new model launched by Xiaopeng Motors focusing on the younger travel market, with a range of more than 500km. (Source: TechWeb)

Smart glasses challenger equipped with ChatGPT-4o and camera is coming

Solos says it will sell smart glasses equipped with a camera later this year — one that uses OpenAI’s new GPT-4o AI model to let the camera recognize objects and answer questions about what you’re looking at.

The Solos AirGo Vision also uses the same interchangeable frame system as the other Solos glasses, and will also be equipped with an LED notification light to warn you when there is an incoming call or email.

And the company claims they can also integrate with Google Gemini and Anthropic's Claude AI model. Like Meta's Ray-Bans, they will answer questions via audio and have no display other than the LED lights.

AirGo Vision does not yet have a price or specific release date, but is expected to cost more than $249.99. (Source: cnBeta)

“It's Over! I'm Surrounded by Beauties!” Mobile version will be released in the third quarter, and mysterious DLC will be released at the end of the year

On June 29, the live-action interactive film and television work “It's Over! I'm Surrounded by Beauties!” released a promotional video for the mobile version, and announced that the game is now available for free trial on the TapTap platform (limited places), and the official version will be launched in the third quarter of this year, and a “mysterious” DLC will be launched in the fourth quarter.

The TapTap page shows that the trial of “It's Over! I'm Surrounded by Beauties!” is only open to Android users. The trial chapter is “Chapter 1” and the trial time is: June 28, 2024 – July 2, 2024. (Source: IT Home)