“ChinAI #283: Around the Horn (16th edition)” by Jeffrey Ding

Featured links

• ChinAI #269
• A Jiangsu factory installed surveillance cameras in the men’s restroom: employees complained…the company’s response: “installed incorrectly and it has been fixed.”
• China’s Comprehensive Computing Power Index (2024)
• Why is (Alibaba’s) Tongyi the most popular open-source large model?
• The three year countdown: how far has it gone with the replacement with domestic databases?
• Chinese-language coding assistant benchmark evaluation released
• Coming back from "internal injuries", AI applications are opening up overseas
• Scout
• He was in charge of the U.S. math Olympiad team for ten years
• AI has almost polluted the entire Internet
• Major changes in China’s class structure are changing the logic of governance
• If you could pick among all chip companies, which one pays the highest salary?

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These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University.

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First published:
September 30th, 2024

Source:
https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-283-around-the-horn-16th-edition

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