24-hour AI news at a glance: Apple is said to be negotiating to use Gemini to reconstruct Siri, and South Korea plans to set up a 100-trillion fund to bet on AI; In the
past 24 hours, there have been early negotiations between Apple and Google on Gemini to empower the new version of Siri, South Korea has raised AI investment to a top-level policy priority, NVIDIA CEO communicated with TSMC in Taipei and said that it communicated with the United States on "new chips for China", Databricks plans to acquire Tecton, Meta and Midjourney have reached a licensing cooperation. Domestically, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology launched the collection of "AI-empowered typical scenarios for small and medium-sized enterprises" (according to media reports), the results of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' "bionic taste + machine learning" were published in PNAS, Chongqing proposed "AI + urban open source ecology", the press conference of the new expo set the tone of "AI accelerates material transformation", and AI products at the Hong Kong Computer Festival drove passenger flow. The deduplication of entries in the toolnavs channel in the past 72 hours has been completed, and only new facts or "new developments" have been included.
1. Apple is said to be negotiating to introduce a new version of Siri empowered by Google Gemini
1. On August 22, according to authoritative media, Apple and Google have launched early discussions on reconstructing Siri with Gemini, which has not yet been finalized.
2. The goal is to achieve stronger contextual understanding and continuous operation capabilities, and Apple evaluates them in parallel on two paths: self-research and external cooperation.
3. If implemented, it will reshape the system-level AI assistant pattern and affect the division of labor between the device-cloud model ecology and the mobile ecological chain.
2. South Korea prioritizes AI investment as a top-level policy priority and plans to jointly set up a fund of about 100 trillion won (about $7.156 billion) with the private sector
1. On August 22, it released an economic policy plan for the second half of the year, proposing 30 AI and innovation projects, covering robots, automobiles, ships, home appliances, drones, factories, chips, etc.
2. Support industrialization through finance, taxation and regulatory support, and aim to rank among the top three in global AI power.
3. The policy is intended to hedge the potential downward growth rate with new AI momentum and drive the upgrading of the manufacturing chain.
3. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang appeared in Taipei to visit TSMC, saying that he was communicating with the United States on "new chips for China"
1. On August 22, he responded on the spot that he was maintaining communication with the US government; The itinerary includes discussions with TSMC on advanced processes and packaging.
2. Compliance plans related to the Chinese market are still in progress, which may affect the supply and alternative model layout in the second half of the year.
3. The coordination and licensing rhythm of the Taiwan supply chain will become the focus of observation.
4. Databricks announced the acquisition of the feature platform Tecton to complete the AI agent and real-time application puzzle
1. On August 22, the merger and acquisition was confirmed externally, and the amount was not disclosed.
2. Tecton provides low-latency features and online inference infrastructure, which is a key link in the implementation of enterprise-level agent/real-time generative AI.
3. Mergers and acquisitions continue its "unified data + AI" platform-based strategy and strengthen end-to-end AI engineering capabilities.
5. Meta and Midjourney have reached an authorization cooperation and plan to introduce "beauty student success" technology into future products
1. On August 22, multiple reports confirmed the authorization cooperation to serve Meta's multimedia generation tool route.
2. Cooperate with internal organization and strategy adjustment to form a model and content ecology of "internal and external".
3. Form a complement to social content creation tools and strengthen the confrontation with peer video/image generation competitors.
6. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology launched the solicitation of "2025 AI-empowered small and medium-sized enterprises typical application scenarios" (according to media reports)
1. According to information on August 23, the scene collection is aimed at embodied intelligence, industrial quality inspection, marketing and customer service.
2. It is planned to form a "scene library + pilot list" to promote the docking of supply and demand and the implementation of demonstrations.
3. Collaborate with local governments and parks to drive the application of small and medium-sized enterprises and industrial chain cooperation.
7. The Chinese Academy of Sciences team published the results of "bionic taste + machine learning" at PNAS
1. On August 23, authoritative media reported: Yan Yong's team from the National Nanoscience Center uses graphene-derived materials combined with machine learning to achieve accurate "perception" of tastes such as sweet and sour.
2. The exploration of olfactory and taste channels in the direction of "integration of sense, storage and computing" expands the boundaries of AI's multimodal perception.
3. The application prospects cover disease diagnosis, food safety, taste reconstruction, etc.
8. Chongqing proposed "AI + municipal open source ecology" to promote the practical capabilities of the three-level governance center
1. Released on August 23: Through digital application and artificial intelligence embedding, improve the governance coordination of cities, districts, counties, towns and streets.
2. Emphasize the data-driven and AI-empowered command-execution closed-loop to improve actual combat and collaborative efficiency.
3. Explore the open source ecosystem and promote the integration of localized AI capabilities and governance scenarios.
9. The 7th China International New Materials Industry Expo press conference: more than 500 enterprises, 33 parallel activities, and a roundtable on "AI accelerates material transformation"
1. It was announced on August 22 that the exhibition will open in Harbin on August 30.
2. The professional exhibition focuses on "AI-enabled new materials", covering bio-based, inorganic non-metals and other segments.
3. National conferences and roundtables focus on industrial collaboration and technological transformation of "AI × materials".
10. The Hong Kong Computer and Communications Festival opens, and AI products drive passenger flow and consumption
1. It will be held at the Wan Chai Convention and Exhibition for four days from August 22, attracting a large number of consumers with new AI products and discounts.
2. Some exhibitors expect business to increase by about 20%, and the linkage effect of consumer-grade AI hardware/software appears.
3. Observation point: The interaction between the recovery of consumption in the Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the popularization of AI.
Frequently Asked Questions (Q&A)
Q: Will Apple decide to use Gemini to refactor Siri?
A: The decision has not yet been finalized. The two sides are in the early negotiation stage, and Apple is still weighing between self-development and external cooperation; If the cooperation is achieved, it will be a cross-factory collaboration signal for system-level AI, but the timeline is not disclosed.
Q: What is the significance of South Korea's proposed AI fund of about 100 trillion won?
A: This is equivalent to about $7.156 billion in policy funds, superimposed on tax and regulatory optimization, which is expected to drive investment in chips, robots, industrial software and other chains to serve its goal of "one of the world's top three AI powers".
Q: How will Databricks' acquisition of Tecton change the implementation of enterprise-level AI?
A: Tecton's low-latency feature and online inference capability can open up the "data-feature-model-agent-business" link, lower the threshold for real-time application, and improve production-level reliability and O&M efficiency.
Q: How is the connection between "policy-research-application" in China?
A: The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's scenario collection (policy traction), PNAS bionic taste achievements (scientific research breakthrough), and Chongqing Urban Governance and New Expo "AI× Materials" (application and industry) are forming a multi-level synergy, with both top-level design and scene implementation and industrial collaboration.
