Huayu 2021: Isn’t he in the technology field?

Chapter 398 Top-Tier Open Scheme, Rewriting the Rules!
The conference site.

Jiang Qing's gaze swept around the audience with great interest, passing over the faces filled with curiosity.

He then raised his hand to adjust his headset, his tone as relaxed as if he were talking about the weather.

“Mr. Andrew, that’s a very good question.”

He shrugged, a helpless expression on his face.

"For well-known reasons, we can't get those top-of-the-line computing cards here. We use... well, things that might seem a bit outdated to others."

As soon as he finished speaking, the representatives from American technology companies, experts, and scholars in the audience instantly became somewhat unnatural. Some subconsciously touched their noses, while others lowered their heads and pretended to straighten their clothes, their eyes darting away and their faces showing embarrassment.

As we all know, science knows no borders.

But reality has proven that this statement to be pure nonsense.

Meanwhile, the domestic giants in the front row, such as Li Yanhong and Ma Huateng, as well as experts and scholars like Yao Qizhi, glanced at the foreign representatives with a slight downward smirk and disdain.

Jiang Qing seemed oblivious to this subtle reaction and continued to speak eloquently in a playful tone.

"But there's always a way to overcome difficulties. Our Wuwen team, I can't say for sure about anything else, but we do have a knack for tinkering with these outdated gadgets and squeezing every last drop of performance out of them."

He paused slightly, and seeing that everyone in the audience had their ears perked up, he slowly dropped the first bombshell.

"The 'All Images' system I just demonstrated is our latest internal iteration, using only 1996 Nvidia H800 GPUs and taking two months to develop. As for the total training cost..."

Many people in the audience craned their necks.

Jiang Qing paused deliberately before revealing the final answer.

"Approximately $500 million."

The audience was silent for a few seconds after the numbers were announced.

Many people's first reaction is that they misheard or misunderstood the units.

Immediately afterwards, the faces of those in the know were filled with disbelief and shock!
Zhu Long gasped sharply, his body involuntarily leaning forward. His glasses slipped almost to the tip of his nose, but he didn't bother to adjust them. He just murmured, "How...how much? Five million US dollars?"

The ease on Zhang Yiming's face vanished completely, replaced by extreme solemnity. He rapidly calculated in his mind, his fingers tapping incessantly on his knees, his eyes growing increasingly horrified with each calculation.

Ma Huateng took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes vigorously, as if that would help him hear more clearly.

Yao Qizhi was so excited that he stood up abruptly. Huang Tiejun quickly pulled him back down, and he realized his lapse in composure. He slowly sat down, but his chest was still heaving violently. He said to Huang Tiejun several times, "This is impossible!", his voice trembling.

Jiang Qing on stage appeared relaxed, as if he had only mentioned a trivial number, even with a casual air of "it's no big deal".

"To our knowledge, training a model that reaches the level of ChatGPT-3.5 costs close to $1 million."

He added casually.

boom!
These words struck like a heavy hammer blow to everyone's heart!
The silence was shattered instantly, with gasps and gasps of surprise rising and falling, as if a bomb had been dropped on the entire venue!

The live stream chat went absolutely wild!

"How much??? 500 million versus 1 million??? Did I hear that right?!"

"Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! I don't know what to say except 'Holy shit'!"

"This is drastically cutting costs! And it's a complete catastrophic loss!"

"OpenAI's face has been slapped so hard, hasn't it?!"

"Jiang Shen! You are my god!!!"

"This efficiency...it's unbelievable!"

"Domestic chips need to step up their game quickly! If they were to use the best chips, what would become of us?!"

"Awesome..."

Although Zhou Ye didn't have much of a concept of "GPU" in the audience, she heard and understood the difference between the figures "500 million US dollars" and "1 million US dollars" very clearly!
She excitedly grabbed Meng Ziyi's arm and shook it vigorously, her eyes wide open.

"Sister Meng! Did you hear that? It's so much more expensive! He made something that's so much better than that GPT thing with so little money!"

Meng Ziyi was also stunned by the huge difference and could only nod.

"I heard it! I heard it! That's amazing! My God..."

She covered her mouth, her head buzzing.

Chen Duling's face also showed surprise.

Unlike others, as a science graduate from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and having later specifically studied AI-related knowledge, she understands even more the terrifying technological strength and optimization capabilities represented by this set of data.

This is not just about saving money; it's about having a comprehensive and overwhelming advantage in algorithms, architecture, and engineering implementation!
As she gazed at the man on the stage who seemed to be radiating light, her heart began to race uncontrollably, and a complex mix of pride, awe, and indescribable emotions welled up within her.

The person you can't let go of seems to be creating a legend with their own hands.

Zhang Jingyi covered her mouth, her mind racing between the words "500 million US dollars" and "1 million US dollars".

She felt a little dizzy...

Tian Xiwei was so excited she almost jumped up from her seat, but thankfully she managed to restrain herself. She could only stomp her feet and excitedly mutter to herself in a voice only she could hear.

"Yes! He's really fierce! My brother is too fierce!"

Wang clenched her hands tightly on her knees, her nails almost digging into her palms.

She tried her best to control her facial expressions, but the fervent adoration in her eyes was almost tangible, and her heart was screaming wildly!
Li Yitong had gone from a relaxed posture to a stiff, tense one, and suddenly thought to herself, "How many macarons could the remaining cost be enough to buy?"

Liu Haocun, Zhao Jinmai, Jing Tian, ​​Reba... everyone's face showed undisguised surprise, as they directly experienced Jiang Qing's strength in his professional field for the first time.

However, this is only the beginning.

Once the gasps from the crowd subsided slightly, he spoke again, dropping a second bombshell—this time, directly impacting the wallets of every potential user.

"As for the cost of use..."

Jiang Qing smiled, as if she were talking about something very ordinary.

"Our Wanxiang token has an input cost of approximately 0.14 to 1 RMB per million tokens. The output cost is approximately 2.19 to 16 RMB."

His gaze swept over the audience members who were still not fully recovered, providing a stark contrast.

"According to market feedback, the input cost for every million tokens in ChatGPT is approximately 200 RMB, and the output cost is approximately 600 RMB."

If the training cost just now was a depth charge, then the current usage cost is like a nuclear bomb detonating in the center of the venue!

"Wow!!!"

The whole place was in an uproar!

This time, not only knowledgeable technical experts and business giants, but almost all the audience members, including complete laymen like Zhou Ye and Meng Ziyi, completely understood what this meant!
Cheap!

That's so much cheaper!
The difference is almost several hundred times!

This means that once the Wanxiang Big Model is open, individual users can use it almost effortlessly, while the application cost for enterprise users will decrease exponentially!
This will completely change the business landscape of AI applications!

"Dry……"

Lei Jun had lost count of how many times he had sworn today. He looked at Liu Qiangdong next to him, and both of them saw the same shock in each other's eyes.

The two Mas almost simultaneously took out their phones and quickly sent messages to the company's core team, with similar content.

"Immediately! Right now! Conduct a comprehensive assessment of the API integration possibilities for the Wuwen Big Data model! Strive for cooperation at all costs!"

The faces of OpenAI's representatives, including Andrew, were beyond grim; they were deathly pale, bordering on despair. They knew better than anyone that, given this level of cost and technological advantage, the market competition was already a foregone conclusion.

Unless... they can also immediately acquire the technology without questions?
But how is this possible?

Yao Qizhi was so excited that his face was flushed, and he exclaimed to Huang Tiejun next to him.

"See that? This is truly disruptive technology! It's not just about making it well, but also about making it affordable! That's what truly benefits society!"

The barrage of comments was so dense that the text was almost illegible, the screen filled with "??????", "!!!!!!!!!", "So cheap it's unbelievable", "Bargain price", "Jiang Qing is awesome", "Wuwen Technology is awesome", "Pride of Chinese-made products"...

Zhou Ye excitedly shook Meng Ziyi's arm.

"Sister Meng! Did I hear that right?"

Meng Ziyi was also shocked by the price and nodded blankly.

"It seems... right? Although I don't really understand, this is incredibly cheap compared to other options! It's practically free!"

Chen Duling took a deep breath. She had already foreseen that a brand new era was truly about to begin.

The person who ushered in this era was the man on the stage who was once very familiar to her, but now somewhat unfamiliar.

However, just when everyone thought that there had been enough surprises today, so many that their brains could hardly process them all.

Jiang Qing looked at the excited crowd below the stage and a more meaningful smile appeared on her face.

He gently raised his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet.

The room gradually quieted down, and everyone held their breath, wondering what else he was going to announce.

Is there any news more shocking than this?

Jiang Qing cleared her throat, her gaze swept across the entire room, and slowly opened her mouth, dropping the ultimate bombshell of the day.

"I have always believed that the development of science and technology requires communication, collision, and even more importantly, healthy competition. Working in isolation or having one company dominate will ultimately only hinder the progress of the entire industry."

His voice carried through the microphone to every corner of the venue.

"Therefore, in order to promote the common development and progress of global artificial intelligence technology, we have decided without hesitation..."

He deliberately dragged out the sound, whetting everyone's appetite.

"Open source all of things!"

"Wow!!"

The scene erupted in an uproar!
Many people even doubted whether they had misheard!

Open source?!

Such a powerful and inexpensive model, and it's going to be open source?!

Jiang Qing ignored the commotion below and continued to make the announcement calmly.

"We will disclose all the weights of the model, and we will also disclose in detail our training process, dataset processing details, and a complete security assessment report."

"Furthermore, all the features of the Wanxiang Big Model will be officially launched on all Android app stores and Apple App Stores worldwide within 24 hours after the press conference, for global users to use for free."

The word "free" seemed to carry a thousand pounds of weight, striking everyone's heart hard.

The entire audience erupted!

Exclamations, questions, and discussions instantly filled the entire venue!
Almost everyone's face was filled with huge question marks!
why? !

This is such a powerful product, with huge R&D costs invested. It could have generated unimaginable wealth...

Why choose open source?!

Why should it be free?!
Zhou Ye and Meng Ziyi looked at each other, both of them completely bewildered.

"Free? Open source? What do you mean?"

Zhou Ye tugged at Meng Ziyi's sleeve, his eyes full of confusion.

"He...he's not making money anymore? He works so hard to make these things, and he's just giving them away for free?"

Meng Ziyi was completely baffled, and frowned and shook her head.

"I don't know either... What's the point of this?"

She even felt a little anxious for Jiang Qing, wondering if this spendthrift old man was being too impulsive.

Chen Duling was taken aback.

She immediately realized that open source meant the rapid establishment of an ecosystem, but she was not entirely sure about the strategic intent behind it and the far-reaching impact it might have.

She just subconsciously felt that Jiang Qing's move was definitely not as simple as it seemed on the surface.

Zhang Jingyi, Tian Xiwei, Wang Churan... all looked completely bewildered, unable to follow Jiang Qing's train of thought at all.

However, in stark contrast to their confusion, the representatives of OpenAI and many foreign experts turned pale the moment they heard "open source" and "free"!
Several people leaned forward almost simultaneously, exchanging glances with horror in their eyes and a strong sense of crisis rising in their hearts!

They know all too well what this means!

This means that their painstakingly built technological moat collapsed in an instant!
This means that the rules of the future AI battlefield will be completely rewritten!
Wuwen Technology will become the rule-maker!
Domestic experts such as Yao Qizhi and Huang Tiejun were taken aback at first, but then quickly realized what was happening, and almost simultaneously showed extremely appreciative smiles on their faces!

Yao Qizhi slapped his thigh in excitement.

"Great! Great! Great! What a wonderful open source! What a wonderful free platform! This is a grand vision! This is the true spirit to do great things! This is what it means to advance technology!"

After a brief moment of surprise, the faces of the domestic business giants in the front row, such as Jack Ma, Pony Ma, and Li Keqiang, quickly became extremely solemn!
They understood almost immediately what Jiang Qing wanted to do!
Free is the most expensive!

This is not a gift of technology; it's a calculated scheme!
An ultimate strategy aimed at rapidly monopolizing the ecosystem and setting industry standards!
Once the open-source version and free application of Vientiane become the first or even the only choice for global developers and users, then the entire underlying ecosystem of AI applications will be firmly controlled by Vientiane Technology!

At that time, countless applications will be developed based on Wanxiang, countless data will flow through Wanxiang, and countless business models will be built around Wanxiang...

And all of this will operate under the rules set by Wuwen Technology.

This is no longer about making money; it's about mapping out the entire future of technology!

It's a race to grab a ticket to the next era!

Thinking of this terrifying future, the bigwigs couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

They looked at the young man on the stage who was still smiling calmly, their eyes filled with complex emotions: admiration, apprehension, and a deep sense of powerlessness.

At this moment, they realized with absolute clarity that a brand new era led by Wuwen Technology was about to arrive!

The young people who ushered in this era are standing in the center of the stage, enjoying the gazes of the audience, whether they are shocked, puzzled, admired, or fearful.

Jiang Qing smiled easily, as if she had only done a trivial thing.

"We hope to take this opportunity to work with developers around the world to jointly promote the development of artificial intelligence technology in a more open, inclusive, and safe direction."

"The future is here, and we have no questions; we choose to share it with everyone."

His voice was calm yet powerful, carrying through the microphone to every corner of the venue and also reaching the world via live broadcast.

There was a moment of silence in the room.

Then, thunderous applause rang out again.

This time, the applause contained a complex mix of emotions and lasted for a long time.

(End of this chapter)