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Feature Translation: Can Chinese companies make Sora? This Tsinghua large model team gives hope

Context: Thanks for exercising your right to vote. In a close contest, the #6 option (link to original jiqizhixin article) won out: How are Chinese companies trying to keep up with Sora? This week we zoom in on Shengshu-AI (生数科技), a Beijing-based generative AI startup that has raised 14 million USD and boasts Jun Zhu (Tsinghua professor who co-directors Tsinghua's AI lab) as chief scientist. There are hopes and expectations that Shengshu [...]

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First published:
March 11th, 2024

Source:
https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-257-can-chinese-companies

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