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Artificial intelligence is moving from science fiction to reality. As the iconic productivity of the fourth industrial revolution, the development of artificial intelligence is in full swing, integrating with thousands of industries and bursting with new scientific and technological power. As the key to the competition of artificial intelligence, large models will enter the first year of monetization this year. Under the "Hundred Models War", capital is optimistic about the large model industry. With the investment of real money, the large model industry is ushering in a period of explosive growth.

In May this year, OpenAI released its new flagship model GPT-4o, which once again sparked a craze. Data shows that as of May this year, more than 300 large models have been launched in China. Among them, there are more than 100 large models with more than 1 billion parameters. How to better implement large models and meet real industry needs is the key to further development of the current large model industry.

To explore this issue, the 2024 Artificial Intelligence Large Model Benchmarking Science and Technology Development Conference will be held in Chengdu from August 22nd to August 23rd, under the guidance of the New Economy Development Committee of the Chengdu Economic and Information Technology Bureau, hosted by Chengdu Media Industry Group, and undertaken by Chengdu Business Daily and Red Star Media (Chengdu) Co., Ltd.

This is the second time that Chengdu has held the AI ​​Big Model Benchmarking Science and Technology Innovation Development Conference. At the conference, a list of opportunities for big model application scenarios in Chengdu will be released, and experts, scholars, and heads of well-known big model companies will be invited to discuss the development prospects of big models, and share wonderfully how to further deepen the scene implementation of big models in the roundtable session. Through the insights of the guests, we will explore new directions for the development of general artificial intelligence, accelerate the deep empowerment of thousands of industries by big models of artificial intelligence, and accelerate the intelligent transformation of industries.

Giants join the AI ​​industry to accelerate its transition to reality

This year's government work report mentioned "artificial intelligence" three times, and for the first time proposed to launch the "artificial intelligence +" action. In 2023, the scale of my country's core artificial intelligence industry will reach 578.4 billion yuan, and the number of artificial intelligence companies will exceed 4,500. Relevant research institutions predict that in 2035, the scale of my country's artificial intelligence industry is expected to reach 1.73 trillion yuan, accounting for 30.6% of the world.

In early July, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and four other departments issued the "Guidelines for the Construction of the National Artificial Intelligence Industry Comprehensive Standardization System (2024 Edition)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Guidelines"). It proposed that by 2026, more than 20 international standards will be formulated to promote the global development of the artificial intelligence industry. The introduction of the "Guidelines" has given the rapidly developing artificial intelligence industry laws and regulations to follow, laying a solid foundation for its future development.

The door to the intelligent era has been opened, and the pace of artificial intelligence technology moving from digital space to physical space is accelerating.

The big model is a specific implementation form of artificial intelligence. At present, there are more than 1,300 big models of artificial intelligence in the world. Domestic technology giants such as Baidu, Huawei, and Alibaba have joined the market, and some unicorn companies, universities and research institutes have also joined the big model development team. Under the policy of "hundred flowers blooming", big models of various vertical industries have been implemented one after another, and the scale of users has continued to increase. Baidu's Wenxin Yiyan currently has 300 million users and 500 million daily calls; the first domestic audio and video multimedia big model Wondershare "Sky Curtain" has been opened for public testing, and its many capabilities have been applied on a large scale in the company's creative software products; the first domestic education big model "Zi Yue" is leading the deep-level transformation of the education industry, etc.

Carrying out large-scale model benchmark testing will create a "high-speed, high-definition camera" for the development of large-scale model technology, "capture" a panoramic view of the development trend of large-scale model technology, deepen the understanding of large models, provide benchmark data support and task definition for the development of large models, and help lead innovation and breakthroughs in large-scale model technology.

2023 is the first year of generative artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence is developing rapidly, and research on cutting-edge hot areas such as large models continues to deepen. Against this background, in 2023, the first AI Large Model Benchmarking Science and Technology Innovation Development Conference was successfully held, with more than 200 companies, scholars and related institutions in the industry participating. The conference invited many academicians and university experts to discuss industrial development and interpret the development path of large models from the perspectives of technical principles, commercialization, scenario applications, and national policies.

The 2024 Artificial Intelligence Big Model Benchmarking Science and Technology Innovation Development Conference held this year further focused on the scene implementation of big models on the basis of last year. By showing the application results of big model technology in different specific scenarios, matching big models with the real needs of the industry, and comprehensively exploring the application trends of big models in vertical industries and cutting-edge fields, a good ecology of cooperation in the artificial intelligence big model industry will be created to help the healthy development of the big model industry.

Experts gathered to discuss the application scenarios of large models

Artificial intelligence is an important engine for developing new quality productivity. Integrating traditional industries with artificial intelligence to create new quality productivity has become a strategic choice for traditional enterprises to build long-term competitive advantages.

Wang Song, deputy director of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission and deputy director of the National Cyberspace Administration of China, said: "We must vigorously promote the innovation and application of artificial intelligence, create a general large model with global competitiveness, cultivate industry large models for application scenarios, carry out artificial intelligence + actions, accelerate the integration and application of artificial intelligence in manufacturing, transportation, medical care, education, finance and other fields, and cultivate and expand the intelligent industry."

At present, the development of artificial intelligence is in the transition stage from weak artificial intelligence to strong artificial intelligence, and large models have become the focus of efforts from all parties. Chengdu has clearly stated that by 2026, it will reach the national leading level in the fields of multimodality, intelligent agents, cognitive intelligence, embodied intelligence, etc., and cultivate more than 50 large industry models. Whoever can first break through the bottleneck between large models and real industry needs and hold the "bull's nose" of scene application will stand out in this competition.

The reason why the 2024 Artificial Intelligence Big Model Benchmarking Science and Technology Innovation Development Conference is held in Chengdu is, on the one hand, to promote the development of Chengdu's artificial intelligence big model industry and guide high-quality big model companies and university R&D teams to take root and develop in Chengdu; on the other hand, it also wants to integrate wisdom and gather the sparks of thinking of top domestic and foreign scientific research institutions, enterprises and innovation teams, promote the integration and innovation of artificial intelligence and other fields, and use artificial intelligence big models to enhance Chengdu's economic development and scientific and technological innovation level, accelerate the digital transformation of Chengdu's regional industries, promote resource sharing and collaborative innovation among different fields, and promote the industrialization of Chengdu's artificial intelligence more quickly.

At this conference, a list of opportunities for large-scale model application scenarios in Chengdu will be released, and the "College Large-Scale Model Innovation and Development Alliance" will be established. At the same time, Chengdu Hi-Tech Zone, which has an advantage in industrial structure, has already targeted the two major value chain links of large models and computing power, and has established a regional artificial intelligence large-scale model industry alliance to promote the implementation of leading AI large-scale model companies and GPU chip headquarters projects.

Judging from the agenda, this conference is themed "Big Model, Big Future". It will start from five sub-directions: exploration of industrial applications of large language models, differences and development ideas of large models at home and abroad, thinking on application scenarios of industrial large models, development of natural language processing technology and large models, and promoting AI to become a new quality of productivity. Top experts and scholars from different institutions and universities are invited to deliver keynote speeches and share cutting-edge technologies of big models and the artificial intelligence industry as well as their thoughts and judgments.

At the same time, the conference also set up round-table discussions and other sessions. Many guests from the government, enterprises, universities, and industry will discuss the difficulties and pain points faced by big models in application scenarios from their respective expertise and perspectives, focusing on "how to further deepen the implementation of big models in scenarios", and open up the last mile for the implementation of big models.

In addition to the main forum, two parallel sub-forums will be held simultaneously to further exchange and discuss the development of the financial vertical big model industry and the research and development of big models in domestic universities, bringing more thinking and reference for the integration of big models with thousands of industries.

Before the 2024 Artificial Intelligence Big Model Benchmark Test Science and Technology Innovation Development Conference, the 2024 "Chao Sui Cup" Big Model Innovation and Development Competition has been officially launched. The competition consists of four competitions: general big model evaluation, industry big model evaluation competition, special challenge competition, and big model application scenario challenge competition. It is expected that nearly 100 companies and products will be invited to participate.

As for the judges, experts and scholars from many institutions and universities such as China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, China Software Evaluation Center (Software and Integrated Circuit Promotion Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology), Beijing Jiaotong University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Tianjin University, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), as well as leading companies and investment institutions in the industry will be invited to participate and screen out high-quality projects and companies in different application scenarios.

The 2024 Artificial Intelligence Big Model Benchmarking Science and Technology Development Conference will also include an awards ceremony to present awards to outstanding general big model companies, outstanding special challenge companies, and outstanding vertical track companies, using competitions to promote training and further accelerate the implementation of artificial intelligence big model application scenarios.

The development of artificial intelligence is unstoppable. As an industry driven by products and technologies, artificial intelligence needs continuous progress and breakthroughs. The 2024 Artificial Intelligence Big Model Benchmarking Science and Technology Innovation Development Conference will build on the foundation of the first conference and build a communication platform for upstream and downstream industries, providing more innovative ideas for the integrated development of artificial intelligence and thousands of industries, and helping artificial intelligence achieve further technological development and breakthroughs.

Seize the opportunity and Chengdu will become the leader in artificial intelligence industry

Driven by the top-level strategy, various regions are competing to develop the artificial intelligence industry. In this industry competition, Chengdu is at the forefront. In the past three years, the compound growth rate of Chengdu's artificial intelligence industry has exceeded 40%, and its "competitiveness of artificial intelligence technology industry" ranks sixth in the country.

It is reported that Chengdu has gathered more than 30 large-scale model development and application companies, and 43 algorithms from 30 companies have passed the national deep synthesis service algorithm registration. In May this year, three large artificial intelligence models in Chengdu passed the national registration, achieving a zero breakthrough in the registration of large models in Chengdu's industry.

At present, Chengdu has established a special team for artificial intelligence and robotics, and has stepped up efforts to further enhance support for key elements of artificial intelligence such as computing power, algorithms, and data, and to strengthen the foundation of the industry.

Chengdu is supporting the development of the artificial intelligence industry with the greatest policy strength. In May this year, Chengdu formulated the "Three-Year Action Plan for High-Quality Development of Chengdu's Artificial Intelligence Industry (2024-2026)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Action Plan"), which clearly stated that Chengdu will focus on the full-factor improvement and full-scenario application of artificial intelligence, implement key core technology research, computing power support capabilities, data supply quality improvement, cluster development level leap, scenario integration application cultivation, and doubling of high-end industrial elements "Six Actions".

As the main base of Chengdu's artificial intelligence industry, Chengdu Hi-tech Zone is making full efforts. In 2023, the scale of artificial intelligence-related industries in Chengdu Hi-tech Zone will reach 46.8 billion yuan, accounting for more than 60% of Chengdu. It has gathered 80 artificial intelligence enterprises above designated size and more than 300 ecological enterprises. Chengdu Hi-tech Zone has issued 26 special policies for the digital economy, putting artificial intelligence first, focusing on supporting key technology research and large-scale model open innovation in the field of artificial intelligence, with a maximum support of 10 million yuan and 30 million yuan respectively.

The development of artificial intelligence is unstoppable. With the in-depth promotion of "artificial intelligence +", the artificial intelligence industry will usher in a broader space for development.

Red Star News reporter Wang Tian and Tan Xinchi

Editor: Xiao Ziqi