24-hour AI news at a glance: the domestic computing power platform is fully integrated and key indicators are announced, overseas xAI open source Grok 2.5, WhatsApp tests "Ask Meta AI" and OpenAI accelerates its landing in India
In the past 24 hours (August 23-August 24), domestically, China's computing power platform announced the completion of multi-platform access and announced the key indicators of national intelligent computing power, and the "two-line" promotion of industry and governance; Overseas, xAI open-source Grok 2.5, WhatsApp tested "Ask Meta AI" on Android, OpenAI launched Indian office recruitment, and the UK was revealed to have discussed "ChatGPT Plus for All". Nearly 72 hours of channel deduplication checks have been completed, excluding topics that have been previously reported but have no new developments, and are retained as new updates or official updates.
1. China's computing power platform is fully integrated
1. On August 23, China's computing power platform completed the sub-platform access of 10 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in Shanxi, Liaoning, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong, Henan, Qinghai, Ningxia and Xinjiang, realizing the connection of "platform, subject, resource, ecology and scenario".
2. The penetration marks the further acceleration of the national integrated computing power network, and the improvement of computing power scheduling and supply and demand matching capabilities for industry scenarios.
3. Milestone significance: lay the foundation for cross-regional collaboration of large models and intelligent computing services, and promote the national circulation of computing power elements.
2. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced the key indicators of China's intelligent computing power
1. On August 23, it was disclosed that as of the end of June, the standard racks of computing power centers in use reached 10.85 million, the scale of intelligent computing power reached 788 EFLOPS, the number of trunk 400G ports reached 14,060, and the total storage capacity exceeded 1,680 EB, and the average PUE of the national computing power center dropped to 1.42.
2. We will "guide the construction of computing power facilities in an orderly manner", improve the layout, promote green data centers, strengthen the main position of enterprise innovation, and accelerate breakthroughs in key core technologies such as GPUs.
3. Milestone significance: The indicator system and policy orientation are released simultaneously, showing that our country's computing power has shifted from "expansion" to "quality improvement".
3. Acceleration of integrated computing network: multi-city computing power centers are connected to the national supercomputing Internet
1. Around August 24, according to media reports, the seven-city computing power center was connected to the national supercomputing Internet to further open up the supply and demand and scheduling path.
2. Focus on the upgrading of computing network architecture and the interconnection of intelligent computing networks to help the implementation of education, medical care, energy and other industry scenarios.
3. Milestone significance: regional nodes accelerate "Internet access", and the national computing power network is structurally optimized.
4. AI synthesis abuse governance heats up: central media focuses on face swapping and voice cloning
1. On August 24, authoritative media focused on abuse issues such as AI face swapping and voice cloning, naming sports stars and voice actors as "cloned".
2. Governance ideas: improve the boundaries of rights through supervision and legislation, and standardize synthetic content identification and platform governance.
3. Milestone significance: AI safety and ethics issues continue to heat up, and industrialization and standardization go hand in hand.
5. xAI open source Grok 2.5
1. On August 24, xAI announced that Grok 2.5 is open source and plans to open source Grok 3 in about 6 months.
2. The open strategy continues the "open source + ecological" path and strengthens community reusability and secondary development space.
3. Milestone significance: The open source trend of the head general model has resurfaced, or promoted new discussions in the industry on permissions, licensing and compliance.
6. WhatsApp tests the "Ask Meta AI" function (Android)
1. On August 24, WhatsApp tested the "Ask Meta AI" portal on Android to strengthen dialogue retrieval and Q&A capabilities.
2. Scope of application: during testing, gradually covered; Privacy and security are enforced in accordance with official rules.
3. Milestone significance: IM giants directly connect to AI assistants within the terminal, or reshape information acquisition and social entrances.
7. OpenAI launches Indian office recruitment and lands within the year
1. On August 24, authoritative media reported that OpenAI has begun recruiting in India and plans to set up its first Indian office in New Delhi within 2025.
2. Industrial significance: Strong AI suppliers are directly connected to India's local ecology and government affairs, education, and developer communities.
3. Milestone significance: The local landing of globalization has reached the next level, and the competition and synergy in the Asian market have intensified.
8. The UK was revealed to have discussed "ChatGPT Plus for all" with OpenAI
1. On August 24, according to media disclosures, the British side and OpenAI had discussed a plan to provide ChatGPT Plus to the whole country, with an estimated cost of about 2 billion pounds, which did not enter the substantive progress.
2. Focus of discussion: the balance between public service efficiency, AI inclusiveness and financial affordability.
3. Milestone significance: The imagination of government-level "AI as a public service" has expanded, but policy prudence and copyright/regulatory disputes are still there.
Frequently Asked Questions (Q&A)
Q: What are the core data of this round of domestic computing power progress?
A: As of the end of June, China's intelligent computing power reached 788 EFLOPS, with 10.85 million standard racks in computing power centers, 14,060 400G ports, and a total storage capacity of more than 1,680 EB, with an average PUE of 1.42 (disclosed on August 23).
Q: Where is the "comprehensive integration" of China's computing power platform implemented?
A: It has completed the sub-platform access of 10 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, including Shanxi, Liaoning, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong, Henan, Qinghai, Ningxia, and Xinjiang, and was released on August 23.
Q: What is the significance of xAI open-source Grok 2.5?
A: The opening of the general model version of the leading company is expected to drive the secondary development of the ecosystem and the update of evaluation benchmarks, and promote new discussions on licensing models and compliance boundaries. The official also gave Grok 3 an open source window of about 6 months.
Q: Will WhatsApp "Ask Meta AI" affect privacy?
A: The beta version is an optional entrance, and end-to-end encryption (E2EE) is still the default mechanism for private chats. The real behavior is subject to the official launch description, and users can turn off or limit calls as needed.
