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jimu news reporter zhou dan

on september 7, the 2024 inclusion·bund conference came to a close. over 30 new ai achievements were released at the conference over three days. in addition, the conference also showcased more than 100 cutting-edge technologies, including ai hardware, ai engineering, data, large language models, multimodal large models, embodied intelligence, knowledge graphs, intelligent agents, digital humans, brain-computer interfaces, ai security, graph computing, green computing, and dense computing.

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more than 30 new ai achievements were released at the conference

it is reported that more than 30 new ai achievements include ant's ai life butler "zhi xiaobao", ai financial butler "ant xiaocai", ai health butler, alipay intelligent body development platform "treasure box", ant financial's "cuckoo" system, west lake xinchen's end-to-end voice model xinchen lingo, "shusheng jishi" digital financial platform, ant digital's ai data service products and other latest ai achievements, as well as data element products such as "yinyu cloud" big data cryptographic platform, ant digital's one-stop intelligent data development and governance platform datafab, ant digital's data trusted collaboration platform fair, and digital technology products such as mobile development platform ant mpass.

ant group has launched the ai ​​life manager "zhi xiaobao", the ai ​​financial manager "ant xiaocai", and the ai ​​health manager. among them, "zhi xiaobao" is the first service-oriented ai native app in china, serving the lives of ordinary people. alipay has also launched the intelligent body development platform "treasure box" and launched the intelligent body ecosystem co-construction plan to help merchants create exclusive service intelligent bodies with 0 code and as fast as 1 minute. for business operations, mybank has launched the first intelligent inclusive financial management system for small and micro enterprises and merchants - the "cuckoo" system. digital ant power has also brought an ai enterprise service solution featuring "human-machine integration".

the big model startup xihu xinchen was officially launched at the bund conference and launched the first end-to-end voice big model "xinchen lingo" in china. this is the first end-to-end voice big model in china that can directly process and output voice, creating a new way of human-computer interaction. tongji university and shanghai artificial intelligence laboratory jointly launched the "shusheng jishi" digital financial platform, which provides comprehensive support for model evaluation, text processing, market forecasting and risk management in the chinese financial field, and helps the industry's digital transformation and innovative development. vidu, a video big model jointly developed by shengshu technology and tsinghua university, has also attracted widespread attention.

some ai standards and technical specifications were also released at the bund conference, including the industry's first large-scale model supply chain security international standard "large-scale model supply chain security requirements", and the country's first "ai face-changing" detection standard for financial scenarios "fake digital face detection financial application technical specifications", which provide a basis and norms for the long-term healthy development and governance of the industry.

facing the larger-scale professional data circulation in the future, zhejiang ant confidential technology co., ltd., a subsidiary of ant group, has launched the "secret language cloud" big data confidential computing platform to provide confidential circulation and confidential research and development for high-value and highly sensitive data throughout the life cycle, achieving full-link protection. ant digital technology has launched datafab, a one-stop intelligent data development and governance platform, and a new generation of data annotation products to help companies efficiently manage data assets and drive business innovation and growth with data intelligence.

the introduction of these new technologies and new standards will not only help promote the application and development of ai technology, but will also promote the progress and transformation of related industries, and is expected to bring new growth points to the digital economy.

the development of the ai ​​industry was also a hot topic among experts and entrepreneurs at the bund summit. whether it was the practice of the business community or the research of experts and scholars, all parties believed that the practice of the ai ​​industry was showing six major trends, covering small models, intelligent bodies, professional ai, embodied intelligence, etc., indicating the development direction of the large model industry.

more than 50 companies are recruiting talents, and the demand for ai positions has increased significantly

on the morning of the closing day of the conference, the 2024 inclusion·bund conference-technology talent recruitment fair was held in huangpu expo park, under the guidance of shanghai municipal human resources and social security bureau, hosted by the bund conference organizing committee, and co-organized by shanghai human resources public service center and ant group. more than 50 companies including ant, meituan, tencent, alibaba cloud, xiaohongshu, etc. provided more than 1,000 social recruitment and campus recruitment positions, and communicated face-to-face with candidates and accepted resumes on site. the job fair attracted more than 3,000 job seekers to attend on site that morning.

job fair site

jimu news reporters observed at the job fair that technological advances have not only reshaped the nature of work, but also opened up diversified employment opportunities for job seekers, especially in emerging fields such as artificial intelligence.

the most in-demand positions on site were digital technology positions, such as ai architecture engineers, algorithm engineers, and ios development engineers, accounting for more than 60% of the total number of positions. compared with last year, the demand for ai-related positions such as ai engineers has increased significantly. among the more than 50 companies on site, half have released recruitment needs for ai-related positions, which has increased by 1.5 times compared with last year.

lin hua, second-level inspector and director of the human resources market management division of the shanghai municipal human resources and social security bureau, said in his speech: the current employment market is characterized by diversity and globalization. we encourage talents to engage in emerging fields such as ai, pay attention to overseas employment channels, and seize the broad opportunities in the international market.

li xiaofeng, senior vice president of liepin, introduced that the current demand for artificial intelligence talents has increased from 5.86% in 2021 to 8.49% in the first half of 2024. artificial intelligence engineers are in short supply in the talent market and have "four highs" characteristics: a high proportion of highly educated talents, with master's and doctoral talents accounting for about 70%; a high proportion of young talents, with talents under 35 years old accounting for about 90%; a high proportion of overseas students, nearly 10%; and a high salary level, with an average annual salary of about 400,000 yuan.

the globalization strategy of chinese companies has also led to an increase in the demand for overseas talent. vera tang, vp of the overseas business line and group partner of intellipro group, advises job seekers that looking overseas and overseas companies may be an important direction for starting a new career.

ant group is the organizer of this technology talent recruitment fair and one of the recruiting companies, providing more than 300 technical positions. wu minzhi, senior vice president and chief talent officer of ant group, introduced on the spot that ant group attaches great importance to scientific and technological talents, and achieves the common growth of employees and enterprises by building an ecosystem that promotes the all-round development of employees and a diverse, equal and inclusive workplace environment. she revealed that the number of new employees at ant in 2023 increased by 17.1% compared with last year, of which technical talents accounted for 60.8%.

in order to cultivate and attract talents with digital skills, the learning and growth center of ant group and shanghai motong huakai education technology co., ltd. jointly launched the "bund conference-digital talent cultivation action" today. the plan is open to all job seekers, digital practitioners and college students who come to shanghai for employment, and provides more than 40 hours of digital courses for free, including cutting-edge digital technology fields such as artificial intelligence, financial big models, digital humans, and digital solutions, so as to enhance the professional skills and market competitiveness of talents.

the spokesperson of the bund conference said that last year's bund conference held a science and technology talent recruitment fair for the first time, which was widely welcomed by science and technology enterprises and talents. this year, this platform will continue to be used to promote exchanges between enterprises and talents, match positions and job-seeking needs. "we hope that the bund conference science and technology talent recruitment fair will continue to stimulate the vitality of science and technology innovation talents and help the development of shanghai science and technology innovation center."

previously, the bund conference was rated as "the most anticipated global innovation and technology conference in the second half of the year" by asia technology daily, an authoritative media that focuses on global technology trends. international experts who have long been concerned about china's macroeconomics also positively evaluated that the bund conference is "the best window for observing china's ai industry practices."

(source: jimu news)

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