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Early Information | Ali Tongyi open-sources audio language model Qwen2-Audio; Starbucks China responds to the change of leadership

2024-08-14

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Ali Tongyi open source audio language model Qwen2-Audio
On August 13, Alibaba's audio language model Qwen2-Audio was announced to be open source. Qwen2-Audio can directly conduct voice questions and answers, understand and analyze audio signals input by users, including human voices, natural sounds, music, etc.
Starbucks China responds to leadership change: Personnel adjustments at headquarters do not involve the Chinese market
On August 13, Starbucks announced that Brian Niccol has been appointed as chairman and CEO and will take up his new position on September 9, 2024. Starbucks Chief Financial Officer Rachel Ruggeri will serve as interim CEO until the appointment takes effect. In response to the new personnel changes, Starbucks China officials said that the personnel adjustments at the headquarters do not involve the Chinese market. "Our confidence and commitment to the Chinese market remain the same as always, and we will continue to focus on the long-term development of our business in China."
Huawei launches "Storage Digital Talent Seed Program 2.0"
Recently, Huawei launched the Storage Digital Talent Seed Program 2.0 at the 2024 Data Storage User Elite Forum, planning to train 50,000 data storage certified experts and 5,000 HCIE-level experts in the next three years. Huawei certification covers ICT infrastructure, basic software and hardware, and cloud platform cloud services. 890,000 people worldwide have obtained Huawei certification, of which 30,000 have obtained HCIE certification. Huawei's HCIA/P/E-Storage Level 3 certification has gone through 14 years and 3 rounds of iterations, and has trained more than 35,000 storage technical talents, including more than 3,200 HCIE-level experts.
Xpeng Motors: SOP delivery of acquisition of Didi’s smart car development business assets has taken place
On August 13, Xpeng Motors issued an announcement stating that the board of directors announced that the company had started mass production of the Mona vehicle for sale and delivery to ordinary customers on July 30, 2024, and therefore the SOP milestone under the share purchase agreement had been achieved. Since August 1, 2024, the first batch of exhibition vehicles of the intelligent pure electric hatchback coupe Xpeng MONA M03 have arrived at Xpeng Motors showrooms across the country. Accordingly, the SOP delivery occurred on August 13, 2024.
CATL: Small-scale production of all-solid-state batteries is expected to be achieved in 2027
On August 13, CATL stated on an interactive platform that the company continues to invest firmly in all-solid-state batteries, its technology is at the leading level in the industry, and it is expected to achieve small-scale production in 2027.
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