Cailian Press Venture Insights: Primary market fundraising totaled 122 deals this week, up 8.93% week-over-week; Qianxun Intelligence completed a RMB 1.5 billion Series A+ round.
① A total of 122 financing and investment deals took place domestically this week, an 8.93% increase from the previous week, with disclosed aggregate funding amounting to approximately RMB 8.23 billion, down 31.12% from the prior week. ② Sectors such as advanced manufacturing, healthcare, and artificial intelligence were particularly active; artificial intelligence accounted for the largest disclosed funding total at approximately RMB 4.44 billion. ③ Qianxun Intelligence completed a Series A+ round of RMB 1.5 billion, the largest disclosed investment deal of the week.
Anthropic urges the world to slow down the development of frontier AI models, warning that AI systems capable of self-improvement could pose significant risks to society.
Anthropic, an AI startup preparing for a U.S. listing, published a blog post on Thursday (the 4th) urging leading artificial intelligence (AI) laboratories to consider slowing their development pace, stating that AI systems are advancing at an extremely rapid rate and could soon be capable of self-improvement without human intervention—an evolution that may pose significant risks to society. Anthropic has previously played an active advocacy role on frontier AI safety issues. This proposal for a 'globally coordinated pause' represents a concrete step in extending its safety advocacy from 'technical design' to 'industry coordination.' The article was authored by Anthropic’s internal research
CAICT will hold a seminar next Tuesday to launch the High-Quality Token Service Capability Advancement Initiative.
The Artificial Intelligence Institute of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Laboratory for Evaluation of Large AI Models and AI Software-Hardware Systems, and the Model-as-a-Service (MaaS) Working Group of the China Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance (AIIA) will jointly host the 'High-Quality Token Services Seminar' in Beijing on Tuesday, the 16th of this month. The forum will establish a 'Special Task Force on High-Quality Token Services' and launch the 'High-Quality Token Services Capability Advancement Initiative,' systematically deploying efforts in organizational mechanisms and capability enhancement to mobilize industry-wide collaboration and collectively drive the high-quality development of token services.
Rare! Tencent surges over 10% in a single day—has the worst passed for Hong Kong tech stocks?
Hong Kong-listed tech stocks surged.
Hong Kong-listed robotics concept stocks are active, as Ubtech Robotics launches pre-sales of the world's first full-size, ultra-bionic humanoid robot.
According to an official post from Ubtech Robotics, the world's first full-sized, ultra-bionic humanoid robot has officially launched on JD.com for pre-order. Designed for emotional companionship, the robot will be formally unveiled on June 30.
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