How much more work have you done, how much time have you saved, and how much value have you created today with the help of artificial intelligence, an efficiency tool that can generate analysis reports in seconds, work with just a few clicks of the mouse, and accurately achieve work goals? Artificial intelligence (hereinafter referred to as AI) is regarded as a key area to seize the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, and is also an important increment to promote high-quality economic development. According to the statistics of the National Organization Unified Social Credit Code Data Service Center, in the first half of 2024, the number of AI enterprises in China increased by 35.65% year on year. Behind the surging vitality of business entities is the rapid iteration of AI technology and the continuous release of market demand. Recently, a reporter from People's Daily Online had a conversation with several artificial intelligence companies to explore the growth momentum brought by "new" forces from "small ledgers". Efficiency has "increased", and from technological breakthroughs, a cute giant panda has come to the Paris Olympics with its bags on its back. It can do skateboarding, surfing, boxing, and even stretch lazily after resting... This animated short film, called "Panda Olympic Fantasy Journey", is entirely generated by the domestic video giant model Keling AI. Screenshot of the AI generated short film 'Panda Olympic Fantasy Journey'. Interviewees provided pictures. In February of this year, after the explosion of the cultural video model Sora of the American OpenAI company, the plan to build the "Chinese version of Sora" was officially put on the agenda in Kwai. A "mysterious" small team with only 20 people created the first domestic video generation model against Sora within three months, which was evaluated by the industry as "the rise of domestic AIGC". Compared to the previous 60 second video duration, the longest video produced by Ke Ling can reach 2 minutes The personnel of the Ke Ling AI technology brand told reporters that "since the opening of the internal testing application, the total number of applications for Ke Ling AI has exceeded one million." Although it started with "following and running," the rich application scenarios in China have drawn a more commercially valuable development path for Ke Ling AI. Liu Xiao, the head of Kwai commercialized external circulation and AI commercial products, demonstrated the small profit account book brought by technological innovation - in the first half of this year, nearly 20000 merchants realized intelligent operation on Kwai platform with the help of large model capabilities; Compared to January, AIGC's monthly active customers increased by 8 times in June, the monthly total transaction volume (GMV) increased by 64 times, and the platform's AIGC advertising revenue scale increased by 12 times. The industry is growing and generating 1 billion US dollars from the investment boom! In February of this year, the dark side of the month for artificial intelligence startups broke the record for the largest single financing in the domestic AI field. This AI startup, which only set sail in March last year, has grown into a large model "unicorn" with a valuation of up to $2.5 billion in less than a year. After half a year, on August 5th, some media reported that the dark side of the moon once again received a large amount of financing, with a valuation exceeding 3 billion US dollars, becoming the highest valued domestic model startup enterprise. Capital's favor cannot be separated from its flagship product "Kimi" - an intelligent assistant similar to chatGPT. According to Similarweb statistics, the traffic to Kimi.ai website increased 15 times in the first half of the year, reaching 22.84 million in June. Reaching such user engagement data targets in a short period of time indicates that everyone is actively embracing and exploring AI According to Yang Zhilin, founder of Kimi on the Dark Side of the Moon. At the 2024 Beijing Zhiyuan Conference, Yang Zhilin, founder of Kimi on the Dark Side of the Moon, was surrounded by attendees. The breakthrough progress in large-scale model technology provided by the interviewees has driven the hot development of the domestic AI industry, and new financing news continues to emerge. According to institutional statistics, in the first half of 2024, there were 265 financing events in the field of artificial intelligence nationwide (excluding planned acquisition, acquisition, fixed increase and listing), with a cumulative disclosed financing amount of 30.244 billion yuan. In order to seize the new round of development opportunities in artificial intelligence, various regions have set goals: Beijing strives to form 3 to 5 advanced and controllable basic large-scale model products, 100 excellent industry large-scale model products, and 1000 industry success cases by the end of 2025; The "Computing Power Pujiang" plan in Shanghai will continue to promote the construction of computing infrastructure such as data centers, intelligent computing centers, and supercomputing centers; Hangzhou will increase the annual total amount of "computing power vouchers" to 250 million yuan, seizing the high ground of industrial development... "The development of large model industrial clusters will also bring strong assistance to the overall productivity improvement in China," said Yang Zhilin. Value added, from a global perspective, Chinese AI is also impressive in overseas markets. With a helping hand, industrial robot company Mecamand achieved new results in "going global" in the first half of the year: the overseas customer repurchase rate reached over 90%, and nearly 300 new customers were expanded. In the first half of this year, the company's overseas business accounted for over 40%, and overseas revenue doubled compared to the same period last year. Not only that, we have successfully held exhibitions in the United States and South Korea, and our new office in Tokyo has also opened as scheduled Shao Tianlan, founder and CEO of Mecamand, said during the review. Chinese AI going global, technological innovation is the primary driving force. Mecamand's field is AI machine vision, which means equipping industrial robots with "eyes". Visual guidance for palletizing, workpiece loading, steel plate cutting and unloading, online measurement, steel plate assembly and welding... "AI+robots" have been able to effectively solve some industrial production problems. The 3D vision system recognizes the threaded holes on the brake disc, guides the robot to align the installation holes on the wheel hub with the threaded holes on the brake disc, and completes the assembly. Previously, robots were unable to switch products; now, many complex programs can be completed instantly through robots. In the automotive production workshop, 'AI+robots' can replace two shifts of personnel while reducing labor intensity and work-related injury risks. He calculated for the reporter that currently, the investment return cycle of' AI+robots' applied to industrial production is about two years; In the future, with the iteration, improvement, and breakthrough of technology, large models are expected to generate practical value within one to two years. We don't have a branch office in South America. A Brazilian customer who has already bought more than ten times took a twenty hour flight to study in order to further deepen our cooperation Speaking of this, Shao Tianlan is not only moved and gratified, but also full of confidence for the future. (New Society)