Car companies sprint! At the end of the year, the concessions were released in a centralized manner, and many policies were overweight to activate automobile consumption.

Extremely popular journalist Zhou Dan.

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By the end of the year, the sales of car companies have also entered the "sprint" stage. In the past few days, many journalists have visited and found that many car companies have introduced promotional measures such as car purchase subsidies and limited-time concessions to attract consumers. In addition, including Wuhan, Hubei, many governments have also introduced subsidy policies such as car purchase coupons to further activate automobile consumption.

Some experts said that the policies to promote automobile consumption in various places are relatively direct and targeted, which has a certain promoting effect on boosting automobile market consumption and optimizing consumption environment. By issuing coupons or giving replacement subsidies, more consumers will be released, which will greatly boost sales in the short term and help the annual automobile production and sales to hit a new height.

A number of car companies launched multiple offers at the end of the year to promote consumption.

On December 11th, in a new energy vehicle experience store in Wuhan Dream Times Square, the sales staff told Jimu journalists that all the models currently on sale have different discounts, with cash discounts ranging from 21,000 yuan to 26,000 yuan.

"The promotion at the end of the year, such as this model that we sell best, currently offers a comprehensive discount of 26,000 yuan, and can also give away a coupon of 8,000 yuan, which can be used to buy things in our brand self-operated mall." A salesperson introduced that this price is the most favorable time in 2023. "In fact, we sold a lot in the first half of this year, and there was no cash discount at that time."

In a 4S shop in Hanyang, the reporter saw that although it was a working day, many consumers were still consulting about car purchase. Sales staff told reporters that since December, in order to increase the market share, the store has launched many promotional activities. For example, the preferential strength of a best-selling pure electric vehicle has exceeded 20,000 yuan per set. At present, the sales volume is not bad, which has increased a lot compared with last month.

In addition, many automobile brands have fuel vehicle replacement subsidies. Some new energy vehicle companies have introduced additional subsidy activities, replacing new energy vehicles with fuel vehicles, and can enjoy a cash discount of 5,000 yuan on the basis of the current discount. The person in charge of a 4S shop of a new energy vehicle told the reporter that the demand for vehicle replacement of customers has surged near the New Year. In recent months, 70% of the store’s sales are fuel vehicles replacing new energy vehicles. In addition to cash subsidies, the store also launched some replacement offers, such as free color selection of models and free wheel hub size selection. It is equivalent to adding some configurations that need to increase the price before and reducing the price.

Many governments have successively introduced preferential subsidy policies for car purchase.

In addition to "Golden September and Silver 10", the end of the year has also become the peak season for car companies to promote sales.

In addition to the promotion of car companies, many governments have also introduced relevant subsidy policies such as car purchase and consumption to further activate the automobile consumption market.

Just this month, Wuhan City, Hubei Province will launch the "2023 Wuhan" series of automobile consumption promotion activities "and issue 10 million yuan" fuel+new energy "car purchase coupons. Under the guidance of Wuhan Municipal Bureau of Commerce, the issuance of car purchase coupons was jointly initiated by Wuhan General Chamber of Commerce, Hubei Automobile Dealers Association, Wuhan Automobile Dealers Association, Hengxin Automobile Group, Know Car Emperor and Tik Tok Life Service, in accordance with the principle of "government guidance, association assistance, enterprises making profits and people benefiting". At that time, a number of preferential policies for car purchase will be launched simultaneously online and offline to help Wuhan citizens "celebrate the Year of the Dragon and drive a new car".

On December 12th, 10 million yuan "fuel+new energy" car purchase coupons will be issued. Consumers can enjoy subsidies after buying cars during the event and uploading materials on the China Unionpay Quick Pass platform.

Off-line, some car companies in Wuhan will make the most profit-making sales for various models every year, and some hot-selling models will have a discount of over 100,000 yuan. The online platform will simultaneously issue 10 million-class car coupons, and you can enjoy a cash subsidy from 1000 yuan to 5,000 yuan after buying a car.

Nationally, on December 1st, Jiangxi issued the "2023 Jiangxi Provincial Automobile Voucher" with a total amount of 19.53 million yuan to the whole province; Earlier, since the end of November, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province has introduced a threshold-free digital RMB red envelope subsidy for car purchase. If the car price is between 200,000 yuan and 300,000 yuan, you can get a red envelope of 4,000 yuan, and if the car price is above 300,000 yuan, you can get a red envelope subsidy of 6,000 yuan.

Jimu journalists found that Guangdong, Sichuan, Gansu, Xinjiang, Changsha, Qingdao and other places have also recently issued policy "spree" to promote automobile consumption, in which the amount of car purchase subsidies ranges from several thousand yuan to tens of thousands of yuan.

The industry claims that it will help the car sales hit a new high in the whole year.

Since the beginning of this year, China’s automobile consumption market has maintained a rapid growth trend.

Data show that from January to October this year, China’s automobile sales reached 23.967 million, up 9.1% year-on-year. Among them, new energy vehicles performed particularly well, with sales of 7.28 million vehicles, up 37.8% year-on-year, and the market share reached 30.4%. According to industry insiders, at the end of the year, car companies will concentrate on promoting profits and overlapping local subsidy policies, and car sales are expected to achieve new breakthroughs.

According to industry insiders, in the past, for car companies, they paid attention to a "golden September and silver ten". September and October were generally the peak seasons for car consumption, and car companies would intensively introduce promotional policies at this time. In December, the price concessions of many car companies will generally be recycled. This may be related to the increasing demand of car buyers before the New Year and the sales strategy of dealers.

According to Yan Jinghui, a member of china automobile dealers association Expert Committee, in December this year, car companies are still intensively releasing promotional information, which is closely related to the frequent promotion of car subsidy policies by local governments.

Cui Dongshu, Secretary-General of the National Passenger Car Market Information Association, also said that in order to maintain the sales level, some car companies made relatively great efforts in price promotion at the end of the year. Use profits to flush sales and ensure the effective operation of all links in its own industrial chain. Policies to promote automobile consumption introduced in various places are relatively direct and targeted, which has a certain promoting effect on boosting automobile market consumption and optimizing consumption environment. By issuing coupons or giving replacement subsidies, more consumers will be released, which will greatly boost sales in the short term and help the annual automobile production and sales to hit a new height.

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Cassano: Football has developed, Mourinho is out of date, and Lu Kaku makes me feel sorry.

As an old general of Rome and Inter Milan, Cassano talked about the contest between the two former clubs in this round of Serie A, and finally the focus battle ended with the Nerazzurri winning 1-0 at home.

"Inter played a good game and they deserved to win the game. Thuram has scored nine goals and assists, and he started the season very strongly, which surprised me, of course in a positive way. Besides, I’m also happy for Aslani. He did well after coming off the bench. Varela also played a good game and he began to recover. Inter didn’t encounter any difficulties, only Sommer blocked Cristante’s great header once. Inter played well and they played in their comfort zone. This is Inter Milan, they have a strong team, have their own ideas and confidence, and they are the biggest favourites for the Serie A championship. Cassano said on Bobo TV, a live program in vieri.

"Mourinho Ideally, there is only one difference: if Eto ‘o, Milito and Sneijder are present, he will do more, but his first consideration is not to concede a goal, and then if you have strong players, you will score sooner or later. When I said he was not a good coach, I meant that Mourinho would not give you anything. When he has a champion player, he is excellent, and he will make you feel important. He is very strong in this respect, but today’s football is no longer like this. Football has developed, and strong teams no longer buy his tricks. Manchester United sent him away, Tottenham also sent him away, and Rome will send him away in the future. It is easy to coach a champion player. "

"Lu Kaku made me feel sorry for him: he was already in trouble, and everyone booed him in this game, but Inter fans didn’t need to boo him at all. Where did you expect Rome to play like that? Mourinho is very cunning, he changed the subject, and his communication style is suitable for those who follow him. None of the reporters asked him what he thought of the game and how he organized it. Why did you play so badly? Are you scared? People like Mourinho have a good life in Italy. Luck will end sooner or later, just like allegri. He won’t let the team pass the three-legged ball in a row. Only when the team he coached is strong can he win the championship. He has strong players in Porto and a super team in Inter Milan. He put two buses in front of the door when he played against Barcelona. Of course, that’s no problem. At home against Barcelona, he won the game by an offside goal and his opponent’s failure to blow a penalty, but his luck will end sooner or later. I don’t care that he took Rome to the finals twice. De Zerbi and Belsa may not have won the championship, but you will be excited when you see their teams. I’d rather not win, but play good football and make people happy. Mourinho is like this, I have said so for a long time. Inter gave him a dance music, but you didn’t even shoot straight through the goal. You just played for 0-0. What are you talking about? "

Life lies in sports, which kind of sports has the highest cost performance? Ten years of research tells you the answer!

It is said that "life lies in exercise", and everyone knows that exercise can produce many benefits to health. On the other hand, there are many kinds of sports, such as climbing stairs and skydiving, but their difficulty and threshold are definitely not the same.

Some lazy people don’t like sports at ordinary times, and hope to achieve the highest efficiency when exercising, so which kind of sports is more cost-effective?

The research published in The Lancet shows that 80,000 volunteers were included, and after 10 years of follow-up, the relationship between different kinds of physical exercise and all-cause mortality was found. The most cost-effective is swing sports, including badminton and tennis, and all-cause mortality can reduce it by 47%; Followed by swimming and aerobic exercise, all-cause mortality decreased by 28% and 27% respectively, and also reduced the mortality rate of cardiovascular diseases.

Exercise for 45~60 minutes at a time and exercise for 3~5 days a week can benefit the body; Exercise for less than 45 minutes or more than 60 minutes at a time can’t benefit the body.

1. Play badminton

When playing badminton, the whole body muscles should be involved, and the neck and shoulders should be exercised to improve the coordination ability of upper limbs and lower limbs. Workers who sit at their desks for a long time and often bow their heads should not suddenly look up when playing badminton, so as not to increase the load on their necks. You can’t look up at once when you play at close range, otherwise it will lead to injury. Besides badminton, squash and tennis are also the same.

Warm up before exercise, especially the back and neck muscles; When warming up, you can do head-circling movements, but you must ensure that the speed is slow; Stretch your back muscles properly and abduct your arms to the maximum extent.

2. Swimming

Swimming is suitable for all ages, and you must grasp the rhythm and breath when swimming. You need to hold your breath or exhale in the water, and then wake up when you reach the surface. Breathe in through your mouth instead of your nose. The swimming time should not be too long, just about 1000~1500 meters each time. Keep swimming three times a week, and the heart rate reaches 150 beats per minute. Wear goggles when swimming to protect your eyes and ears; After the water enters the ear, you should immediately pull the earlobe to make the water flow out.

The water temperature is low in winter, so you must warm up before swimming, such as brisk walking, standing still or jumping for no less than 15 minutes, which can awaken muscles and prevent leg cramps during swimming.

3. Aerobic exercise

Aerobic exercise popular with people is brisk walking and jogging. Warm-up must be done before each exercise, which can activate muscles and restore their elasticity. The warm-up time should reach about 15 minutes. Jogging should follow the principle of step by step, and you can’t run 5 kilometers as soon as you get up. When walking fast, you should correct your posture, keep your back straight, relax your shoulders and neck, and open your hands so that your arms can swing freely with the body.

In cold winter, the wrong way of exercise can backfire, and outdoor exercise depends on the weather. When the outside air temperature is below minus 10℃, the exercise quality will be reduced and joint injury will be easily caused.

Smog weather can stimulate respiratory mucosa, which can lead to rhinitis and asthma in severe cases, so outdoor exercise is not allowed in both cases. Sports should wear soft and loose clothes;

You can’t wear a mask when jogging, so as not to inhale too much carbon dioxide, which will cause dizziness and shortness of breath. Breathe through your nose during exercise, and don’t open your mouth wide. Because the nasal mucosa is rich in blood vessels, it can raise the inhaled cold air, moisten the nasal cavity and avoid the throat from being stimulated by cold air.

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"Culture" traditional culture

Xinhua News Agency chart, Beijing, November 3, 2021

Comics: traditional culture

Tie-dyeing, movable type printing, shadow play, paper-cutting, traditional Chinese medicine … these intangible items, which contain the traditional culture of China, have now become club activities in many schools in Changsha. Through the wisdom inheritance and improvement of modern teachers and students, non-legacy projects "take root" in the campus and glow with vitality.

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Take stock of the top eight most popular games in 2023.

There are many kinds of games on the market now, and each kind has different ways of playing, but it still takes some time for players to find the game that is absolutely suitable for them. In order to match the requirements of each player more quickly, Xiaobian compiled a list of the top ten recognized most interesting games, which can make …

There are many kinds of games on the market now, and each kind has different ways of playing, but it still takes a certain time for players to find the game that is absolutely suitable for them. In order to match the requirements of each player more quickly, Xiaobian sorted out the top ten recognized most interesting games, which can shorten the time for players to experience the game, and they can directly choose their favorite games from the ten games in Xiaobian, so that they can find the game that suits them more quickly and efficiently.

1. Echo of Darkness

This is a game with dark style. In the game, the oath of the gods leads to the loss of light in the human world. In order to prevent this endless darkness, players will ignite the fire of hope with other companions, and constantly explore this dark continent to find more hidden secrets. There will be many different enemy players fighting here, which may threaten the safety of players at any time.

2. The Age of Apes

In the game, people who live on the earth are no longer human beings, but monkeys with independent consciousness. These monkeys will exploit the resources on the earth like human beings and build an army, and the players will become the leaders of this army. They will lead their men to fight for the country. The level system is adopted in the game, which allows players to experience the freshness brought by the game at all times. In addition to the fierce main line battle, players can also experience the relatively casual tower defense play in the game.

3. Battle Simulator

This is a shooting game with pixel style. Players in the game will be in a doomsday world full of zombies. They need to gather strength to destroy these zombies before they completely capture the earth. In order to make players have a stronger combat experience, they can constantly upgrade their weapons and equipment in the game, and at the same time, they should formulate an attack strategy during the battle. Come and try to survive in this dangerous world.

4. "Hegemony"

This is a game on the European continent. In the game, players need to develop their own power. First of all, they need to start with the construction of territory, and then they need to form an army in the game. Through continuous training, this army can become a powerful legion, which will lead the members of the army to participate in the battle, capture other people’s territory, and improve their own ability. In this process, players can take both land and air operations to lead the whole continent more quickly.

5. "Heart of Fei Stone"

In this game, players are presented with a game world of dark gothic style. Here, you can create a unique deck of cards by collecting cards, and you can control this deck to fight. Each character has a different profession. In order to make the team have higher combat effectiveness, players need to combine a variety of different professions, so as to maximize the attack effect. Come and control the girls of the second element to join the fierce battle.

6. Tales of Urban Tycoons

Construction games will give players a great sense of accomplishment, and there will be a very real construction experience in this game. The towns created will have real residents to live in. In order to make these residents more comfortable, it is necessary to plan the layout of the towns reasonably. Players can also integrate their own ideas and needs into the towns and constantly improve the facilities in the towns, which will also give players more sense of accomplishment. Pixel games can also create a very retro experience for players.

8. Biography of Young Fairy.

In this game, players will experience all kinds of myths, and they can control the characters in the myth to fight in a round. Each character will be distinguished by the attributes of the five elements. If you want to fight better, you need to send troops to battle according to the mutual restraint of the five elements. Players can feel the mode of enriching the district committees in the game, and more gamers can unite to create an exclusive world of deities. Even if you hang up, you can generate benefits in the game. It is a relatively casual turn-based game.

These are the contents of the eight most fun games. The games cover a wide range, and different types and pictures can be involved. This can make players have more choices, find their favorite game types at ordinary times, and find more brand-new games under the introduction of Xiaobian. The games are very different from the traditional gameplay, which can make players feel the brand-new settings brought by the games. Come and invite friends to feel the unique settings of these painting styles and themes.

Table tennis world cup: the top eight teams are released! The national table tennis women’s singles lost a set, and Japan and South Korea won four consecutive victories.

Title: The First Round of Table Tennis Mixed Team World Cup: Counting Wonderful Moments and Future Prospects

Hey, friends, let’s talk about something lively today-the first stage of the table tennis mixed team World Cup has just come to an end. This round of competition is really exciting and dizzying! Let me give you a stroke.

First of all, I have to talk about it. All the teams have worked very hard this time. You see, some teams won the championship, while others showed good strength when they made their debut in the international arena. Moreover, these situations are all objectively counted and calmly analyzed by me, and there is absolutely no side.

For example, the top two teams in each group are clearly visible. Those who have advanced to the quarter-finals have already been announced. Of course, there are also some eye-catching moments in this process.


Let’s be more specific and see how the players are. Manyu Wang lost to Puerto Rican player Diaz, which was really a bit unexpected; But don’t forget, Diaz is a very powerful player. There is Sweden, without two generals, Moregard and falk, which will definitely affect their overall combat effectiveness.


By the way, did you know that the China Hong Kong team failed to beat Puerto Rico? And the fact that the main force of the German team is not in the battle … all these make people feel quite unexpected. But through reading these situations, we can find that every game has its own unusual features.


Let me talk about those specific details again. For example, Zhang Benzhi scored against Felix lebrun-he showed his ability to seize opportunities at critical moments. This kind of detail may be complicated to describe, but in order to help everyone feel the atmosphere of the game better!


Finally, at the end of the article, the second stage and the next schedule are mentioned. I think we all have a good idea about whether the China players can continue to do well in the future. Expectation is always a good thing!


In a word, although the first stage is over, the intense and exciting competition has just begun. There are more wonderful things waiting for us to see next! Let’s wait and see and enjoy every round!

Take stock of 5 excellent games featuring animals and experience different fun.

Most video games use human or anthropomorphic characters as the main characters, but some games take a different approach, directly using animals as the main characters, and try to restore the characteristics of animals as much as possible, which will be very special fun to play in the end. Today, Xiaobian will take stock for everyone.5 excellent games featuring animals.Let’s take a look ~

Lost/Wandering

First of all, of course, I have to mention the cat game "Lost" which has attracted much attention this year. This game is set in a declining cyber city in the future, where there are no human beings, only some strange robots are left. The player manipulated a stray cat that strayed into the city and managed to escape with the help of a small drone.

"Lost" very exquisitely restores the various actions and characteristics of cats in reality. Its body is light and agile, and it can move flexibly in narrow passages or places with great height difference. It can also interact with the bucket on the roof, the carpet on the floor and the camera under the eaves. The game also has a "meow" button, which seems to really turn the player into a cute kitten.

Although "Lost" is not rich in play elements, however, "playing the cat" has moved many players, and it has even been selected as "Golden Rocker PS Game of the Year" by players, which is enough to show everyone’s love for it.

Trick or Treat Goose/Untitled Goose Simulator

Goose, a creature, has a lovely side, but they are actually not a good crop, and they are even called "village tyrants" in the countryside. The game "Trick or Treat Goose" is a good way to restore the cute and terrible feeling of geese. You are a goose in the game, which makes the originally quiet village uneasy. You wander around the town, from the backyard to the street shops, and then to the village green space, playing pranks, stealing hats and quacking, ruining everyone’s day.

At the same time, the puzzle design of "Trick or Treat Goose" is also quite interesting, which makes full use of the various characteristics of this animal, such as it can swim to avoid human beings, it can use quack to scare human beings, and it can also use its powerful beak to grab various objects. All kinds of practical jokes are very interesting, which makes people smile after playing them.

Man-eating shark

The horror of the goose is actually just some practical jokes, but the protagonist of "Man-eating Shark" really wants to launch a deadly attack on human beings. In this game, players become sharks and experience the ultimate power of top predators to dominate the ocean. Starting from a shark cub, your task is to survive in the harsh world and eat to the top in the ecosystem.

The game scale of "Man-eating Shark" is larger than the above two works, which provides a vast and diverse open world with many different styles to explore. And players have to face not only humans, but also other wild animals such as crocodiles. At the same time, this game also has its own growth factors. If you find the right resources, you can grow and realize supernatural evolution. Players can also customize the skill attributes of sharks according to their own styles. Producers call it a "shark-playing game".

In addition, the "Man-eating Shark" has also added black humor elements. Because sharks can’t talk, the game uses a method similar to a reality show to let the narrator explain the scene, and occasionally inserts some tricks and teasing to make the game experience less tense.

Ancestors: Human Odyssey/Ancestors: Human Epic

Although the protagonists of the above three games are animals, there are still a lot of traces of modern human activities. Ancestors: The Odyssey of Mankind is to set the time back to thousands of years ago and let players experience the evolution of ancient apes. You will cross a beautiful but heartless landscape, from the top of the canopy above the dense jungle to the golden grassland on the savanna. Behind every amazing scenery, there may be terrible weather, predators and other dangers that threaten your survival.

In order to restore the feeling of ancient times as much as possible, Ancestors: Human Odyssey has adjusted many common game mechanisms. It has no map, no voice, and few tips and guidance, so that players can truly experience the dangers of ancient jungles. You must eat well, drink well, sleep well, avoid predators, make tools, strengthen the tribe, and pass on knowledge bit by bit.

Although the apes are the ancestors of human beings, when playing this game, we can still clearly feel that we are not manipulating human beings, but manipulating a wild animal, which needs to jump out of the human mindset.

Simulated goat 3

If you like to play pranks on animals, then Simulated Goat is also a very good choice. A series of new works "Simulated Goat 3" has been released at present, which perfectly maintains the advantages of the previous works, adds richer whole live and egg content, and also joins the four-person online cooperation mode, which is simply extremely happy.

In the game, you play an unattractive ewe and do whatever you want in a very realistic physical sandbox. You can rampage and destroy the normal life of NPC; You can complete all kinds of interesting challenges and use different props to get the collections hidden in the corner; You can also dress yourself up, wear all kinds of skin, become a tall sheep, striped sheep, or dress up as a roll of paper or a tea tray.

Although "Simulated Goat 3" has no touching story, no complicated and deep system, and even everywhere it goes, it is like "playing games in bugs". However, it is such a simple and unreasonable way to play to the extreme, but it can give people simple and pure relaxation and happiness.

In addition, there are some other well-known games with impersonal animals as the protagonists, such as Terminal: Extinction Eternity (relatively small), Capcom’s Great God (relatively old), and THQ’s Biochemical Variation (with mixed reviews). Do you like this kind of games featuring animals?

1-1! Premier League for four patterns: Manchester United Newcastle scored 1 point in two rounds = Liverpool missed the top four!

In the 37th round of the Premier League, a focus matchup was ushered in. Liverpool, ranked fifth, played against Aston Villa, ranked eighth at home. This victory or defeat will determine the pattern of the fourth round. Next, let’s take a look at the wonderful process of this game.

Liverpool starters: alysson, Arnold, konate, Van Dyke, Robertson, Jones, Fabio, Henderson, Diaz, Gakpo, Salah.

Villa starting: Martinez, D-Nie, Mince, Consa, Cash, Douglas, Camara, Jacob Ramsey, Mackin, Leon Bailey, Watkins.

At the beginning of the game, Aston Villa took the lead in launching the offensive. Watkins took the ball to the restricted area and was put down by konate. The referee indicated a penalty. Watkins took the penalty but missed the opportunity. Liverpool escaped. I didn’t expect that what should come was still here.In the 27th minute, Douglas picked the pass and assisted Ramsey to score the goal.Aston Villa scored a goal advantage.

In the second half, Salah’s goal in the penalty area was confiscated by Martinez. In the 55th minute, Gakpo scored a goal in front of the goal, and VAR intervened. The referee watched the video playback and finally decided that the goal was invalid.

In the 72nd minute, firmino came on as a substitute and ushered in a farewell game at home.In the 89th minute, Salah made a cross from the side and firmino glided and scored a goal to complete the tie.Perhaps this is the best gift for home fans before he left. Liverpool equalized the score and both sides returned to the same starting line.

At the end of the game, Liverpool drew 1-1 with Aston Villa. They were three points behind Newcastle and Manchester United in the top four after one more game. At the same time, Liverpool only had the last game in Southampton this season, and even if they won, they just tied 69 points. Manchester United and Newcastle still have two games left, so they can lock in the top four as long as they win one point. It seems that there is little suspense in the fight for four.

Wilshere praised Arsenal’s best talents.

Arsenal’s Emile Smith Rowe is on the release list.
Smith Rowe is from Arsenal’s youth team, so he has high hopes. He entered the professional league for the first time at Arsenal in 2020-21, and later became the crown prince of head coach Mikel arteta. Jack Wilshere, an Arsenal midfielder, told Smi, then a youth team, in 2018: "If a young player plays in a leisurely way, then he is a special player. Smith Rowe is like this. His potential is endless.
Until last season, he was also highly anticipated. This is the key to Arsenal’s replacement under Arteta. Smith Rowe performed very well last season, including young second-line resources of Arsenal, Martin Edgard, Bucayo Saca and Gabriel Martin Nellie. In 33 league games, he scored 10 goals and assisted twice, which became the core of Arsenal’s attack. However, this season has been in a downturn due to overlapping injuries. Smith Rowe underwent groin surgery last September. But after returning from surgery, I didn’t find my own state. I only came off the bench in 11 league games this season. Among them, the attack point has only one assist.
It was immediately listed on the release list. The British media "Telegraph" announced the list that Arsenal will release in the transfer market next summer after the end of this season. The media also mentioned Smith Rowe, including kieran tierney, granit xhaka, Rob Holding, Porarinn Barlogan, Nunu tavares, Charlie Fatino and Albert Sambi Roconga.
At the same time, it is not that no team wants Smith Rowe. Recently, it was even connected with Aston Villa. The British media "Talk Sports" said: "Aston Villa are very interested in the joining of Arsenal No.10 Smith Rowe. A few days ago, Villa offered him 30 million pounds (about 49.9 billion won) in 2021, but it was rejected.
Villa is the first full season of emeri’s coaching this season, ranking eighth in the league, with performance exceeding expectations. Smith Rowe, once highly anticipated, is watching whether he will decide whether to stay or not.

Generative AI stands on the cusp: Silicon Valley bets that future technology giants will shuffle?

Generative AI is getting more and more popular. Is this really a good business?

Recently, AI painting is on fire.

By inputting some words, AI can generate an image that matches the words in a few seconds. These images are wild, and some are even bizarre. For example, people have extra fingers on their hands, and their fingers bend unnaturally. Even, AI can generate some meaningless billboards and alphabets that humans have never seen before.

Although AI painting is outrageous, it has set off a wave of science and technology: the spring of generative AI has come.

David Beisel, a venture capitalist at NextView Ventures, said that in the past three months, the word "generative AI" once became a hot word. Moreover, the generative AI technology has developed rapidly and the market enthusiasm is so high that many people even quit their jobs to start a business in this field.

There is no doubt that AI has been in a prosperous stage in the past five years or so, but most of these past advances have to do with understanding the existing data-for example, the AI model has been able to quickly and efficiently identify whether there are only cats in your mobile phone photos. However, the generative AI model generates something completely new that has never been seen before. In other words, generative AI is not just about analyzing existing data, but creating.

Boris Dayma, founder of Craiyon generative AI, believes that "generative AI is not only creating old images, but also creating many new things, which are completely different from what we have seen before."

Sequoia Capital also said in a blog post on its website: "Generative AI has the potential to create trillions of dollars in economic value." Sequoia Capital predicts that generative AI may change all industries that require human beings to create original works, from games to advertising to the legal profession. It is worth mentioning that Sequoia Capital also pointed out in its blog post that this message was partly written by GPT-3 (GPT-3 is a generative AI capable of generating text).

Working principle of generative AI

In the past, deep learning technology was widely used to train the model on large data sets. When the program understands the relationships in these data, the model can be applied to actual scenes, such as identifying whether there is a dog in a picture or translating text, and so on.

The working principle of the image generator is to reverse this process. For example, instead of translating English into French, it translates English phrases into images. Specifically, it usually has two main parts, one is to process initial phrases, and the other is to convert data into images.

At first, generative AI was based on a method called GAN, that is, the generative adversarial network. In essence, this method is to make two artificial intelligence models compete with each other to better create images that meet the target.

At present, generative AI is usually based on Transformer, such as image generator DALL-E and so on. DALL-E was first created by OpenAI in 2021, and in 2022, OpenAI released DALL-E 2.

Christian Cantrell, a developer who focuses on generative AI, said: "With DALL-E 2, we can really cross uncanny valley." (The Valley of Terror theory is a hypothesis about human perception of robots and non-human objects. It was put forward by Japanese robot expert Masahiro Mori in 1970. )

Another commonly used AI-based image generator is Craiyon (formerly known as DALL-E Mini), where users can enter phrases in the browser and see the illustrations it generates within a few minutes.

According to Dayma, since its launch in July 2021, Craiyon has produced about 10 million unprecedented pictures every day, which adds up to 1 billion. Earlier this year, the use of Crayon soared, and Dayma also took Crayon as its full-time job. In addition, Dayma has created a Twitter account to post the weirdest and most creative pictures generated by Craiyon. For example, ketchup comes out of the tap on the Italian sink.

In addition, Stable Diffusion has also received wide attention. The project was released in August this year and has been open source on GitHub. Developers can run the project on computers, not just in the cloud or through programming interfaces. For example, Stable Diffusion can be integrated into Adobe Photoshop by plug-in, allowing users to generate backgrounds and other parts of images, and use layers and other Photoshop tools to operate in applications.

Cantrell, the developer of the plug-in, said, "I want to meet these creative professionals, so that they can introduce artificial intelligence into their creative work, instead of destroying their work."

It is understood that Cantrell has worked for Adobe for 20 years. After leaving in 2022, Cantrell focused on the direction of generative AI. Cantrell said that Stable Diffusion has been downloaded tens of thousands of times, and artists told him that they used this plug-in in many unexpected places, such as making Godzilla animation or creating pictures of Spider-Man.

Start-up companies get together

Some investors regard generative AI as a potentially transformative change, just like the early development of smart phones or the Internet. This kind of transformation has greatly expanded the potential market of this technology.

"Before that, artificial intelligence was not unprecedented. Before 2007, we were not without mobile devices, "said Beisel, a seed investor." But at this moment, everything came together. The final consumer can experience and see something different from before. "

Cantrell believes that machine learning is similar to a more basic technology: database. "Machine learning is a bit like a database, which opens up a whole new world for network applications. All the applications we have used in our life are built on the database. But no one cares about how the database works. People only know how to use it. "

Michael Dempsey, managing partner of Compound VC, said that in the past, it was "very rare" for laboratory technology to enter the mainstream, but at present, generative AI has attracted wide attention of venture capitalists. Nevertheless, he warned that the current generative AI may be in the "curious stage" near the peak of the hype cycle, and the companies established at this stage may fail because they don’t focus on the specific uses that enterprises or consumers are willing to pay for.

Others in the industry believe that startups that can apply new technologies such as generative AI today may challenge technology giants such as Google, Meta and Microsoft in the future.

At present, many companies applying generative AI technology have already received large amount of financing, and their valuations have also risen. For example, earlier this year, Hugging Face was valued at $2 billion after receiving investments including Lux Capital and Sequoia Capital; OpenAI has also received more than $1 billion from Microsoft and Khosla Ventures.

In addition, according to Forbes, Stability AI, the developer of Stable Diffusion, is negotiating with investment institutions to raise up to $1 billion in venture capital.

Cloud vendors and chip vendors will benefit.

Besides start-ups, cloud service providers such as Amazon, Microsoft and Google can also benefit from it, because generative AI may require a huge amount of computation.

Meta and Google have also taken action and started recruiting talents. In September of this year, Meta released an artificial intelligence application called "Make-A-Video", which can generate videos, which makes the generative AI technology a step further.

"This is a great progress," Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, posted on his Facebook page. "It is much more difficult to generate videos than photos, because besides correctly generating each pixel, the system must also predict how they will change over time."

Recently, Google matched with Meta and released a program code called Phenaki, which can also convert text into video and generate several minutes of footage.

This craze may also boost chip manufacturers such as Nvidia, AMD and Intel, because the advanced graphics processors produced by these companies are ideal for training and deploying artificial intelligence models.

At a recent meeting, Huang Renxun, CEO of Nvidia, emphasized that generative AI is the key use of the company’s latest chip, and he said that this kind of program may "revolutionize communication" soon.

At present, there are not many uses of generative AI that can generate commercial benefits. Many exciting breakthroughs today come from free or low-cost experiments. For example, some writers have tried to use image generator to generate images for articles. An example of Nvidia is to use a model to generate new 3D images, including people, animals, vehicles or furniture, which can be filled into the virtual game world.

Ethical issues can not be ignored.

While generating AI excites the industry, the ethical issues it brings are also worthy of attention.

The first is employment. Compared with professional illustrators, generative AI is obviously cheaper. Therefore, generative AI is likely to rob artists, video producers and other people engaged in creative work of their "rice bowls".

In addition, there are complex problems in originality and ownership of the content created by generative AI.

Generated AI is trained on a large number of images. Therefore, it is still controversial whether the creator of the original image has copyright requirements for the generated new image.

Some time ago, an artist won an art competition in Colorado, and his winning image was created by a generative AI named MidJourney. After winning, the artist said in an interview that he selected one image from hundreds of images generated by himself and post-processed it in Photoshop.

It is worth mentioning that some images generated by Stable Diffusion are watermarked, which indicates that some of the original data sets are copyrighted. Previously, Getty Images (a picture trading company based in Seattle, USA) announced that it was forbidden for users to upload generated AI pictures to its picture library, because the company was worried that there might be some copyright problems in such pictures. .

With the improvement of image generation software, generative AI may also deceive users, make them believe false information, or display images or videos of events that never happened.

In addition, developers must also deal with the possibility that models trained on a large amount of data may have biases related to gender, race or culture contained in the data, which may cause the models to show such biases in their outputs.

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