8:01 AM | DeepSeek is recruiting interns with a monthly salary of over 10,000 yuan; Thailand has cut off power to the Myanmar area on the Thai-Myanmar border; Panasonic in Japan officially announced the abandonment of the TV business.
TOP3 Big News
DeepSeek Recruiting Interns with Monthly Salary Over 10,000 Yuan
According to China Fund News, currently, DeepSeek has approximately 150 employees, but it is rapidly expanding. A certain recruitment platform shows that Hangzhou Deep Exploration Artificial Intelligence (AI) Basic Technology Research Co., Ltd., namely DeepSeek (hereinafter referred to as Deep Exploration Company), has released recruitment information for multiple positions. In terms of salary, judging from the recruitment information for regular employee positions, DeepSeek adopts a "14-month salary" model for employee compensation, that is, 14 months' salary is paid in each natural year. Among the positions posted by Deepseek, the starting salary of most positions is above 20,000 yuan, and many annual salaries can reach the million-yuan level. In addition to regular employees, DeepSeek is also recruiting interns, including AGI Large Model Interns and AGI Interns. Among them, the salary of AGI Large Model Interns is 500 yuan/day - 990 yuan/day, and the salary of Data Expert Intern is 500 yuan/day - 510 yuan/day. (China Fund News)
In order to combat telecom fraud activities, Thailand has cut off power to the Myanmar region on the Thai-Myanmar border.
According to CCTV News, starting at 9 a.m. local time on February 5, Thailand cut off the internet, power and oil supply to the Myanmar region on the Thai-Myanmar border. This decision was announced by Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Puttin after a meeting with the Thai National Security Council on the 4th. According to Thai media reports, the five supply points mentioned this time are located in the Myanmar side of the Thai-Myanmar border area, and the power supply areas involved include Myawaddy in Shan State, Myanmar. The Thai government approved the supply of electricity to Myanmar twice in 1992 and 1994, and the local electricity authority in Thailand is responsible for the supply. According to the contract terms signed by both parties, if the power user violates the regulations, the Thai side has the right to unilaterally terminate the power supply without being liable for compensation. (CCTV News)
Panasonic in Japan officially announces to abandon the TV business and develop high-profit fields such as artificial intelligence data centers
According to the Caixin News Agency, the Japanese national brand Panasonic officially announced a major reorganization plan. Panasonic Holdings will dissolve its home electronics company Panasonic Electric Appliances and focus on developing high-profit fields such as artificial intelligence data centers. Nanami Yuusuke, the representative director, president, and group CEO of Panasonic Holdings Corporation, said that the company will give up the traditional TV business and plans to sell it. However, the company may have other options besides selling, and the management is currently studying this.
At the same time, it also announced that Panasonic aims to increase its profit by 150 billion yen (966 million US dollars) by March 2027 and another 150 billion yen by March 2029. He added that this means that many of the company's production, sales, and logistics bases will face integration, and personnel will also undergo a certain degree of adjustment. According to the statement on Tuesday, after the dissolution of Panasonic Electric Appliances, it will be divided into three companies. The smart living sector will cover white goods, another will focus on air conditioners and food delivery, and the lighting business will be reestablished as an electrical engineering company. The remaining businesses, including lithium batteries and automotive materials, will continue to maintain the subsidiary pattern. (Caixin News Agency)
Big Companies/Big Events
Nissan has decided to withdraw the basic agreement on business integration with Honda
Nissan Motor has decided to withdraw the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) reached with Honda on business integration. The two sides had negotiated on adopting the holding company method, but failed to reach an agreement on conditions such as the integration ratio. Honda had proposed a plan to make Nissan its subsidiary, but due to strong opposition within Nissan, it finally decided to suspend the negotiations. Whether to resume the integration negotiations or only continue to cooperate in areas such as pure electric vehicles (EVs) will be discussed separately in the future. (Nikkei)
The box office of the movie "Ne Zha: Devil Child Causes Havoc in the Sea" exceeds 5.6 billion yuan, and Enlight Media hits the daily limit.
According to the real-time data of Dengta Professional Edition, as of 0:00 on February 6, the box office of the movie "Ne Zha: Devil Child Causes Havoc in the Sea" has exceeded 5.6 billion yuan.
According to a report by China Business News, Enlight Media has a 20% daily limit, with the amount of sealed orders exceeding 200 million yuan. In terms of news, the total box office and the number of viewers of the Spring Festival movies have both set new records in the history of the film industry. The movie "Ne Zha: Devil Child Causes Havoc in the Sea", produced and distributed by the company, ranks first in the box office of the 2025 Spring Festival. The final box office of "Ne Zha: Devil Child Causes Havoc in the Sea" is expected to exceed 8 billion yuan by multiple predictions, creating a new history for Chinese animated films. As the main investor and distributor of "Ne Zha 2", Enlight Media is expected to receive a box office share of about 1.8 billion yuan (calculated based on a 40% sharing ratio). Previously, "Ne Zha 1" contributed over 2.8 billion yuan in revenue to the company, and its net profit soared by 404%. (Jiemian News, China Business News)
The three major U.S. stock indexes closed higher collectively, and large technology stocks had mixed performances
36Kr learned that as of the close on February 5, the three major U.S. stock indexes rose collectively. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 0.71%, the S&P 500 Index rose by 0.41%, and the Nasdaq Composite Index rose by 0.19%. Large technology stocks had mixed performances. NVIDIA rose by more than 5%, and its market value returned to above $3 trillion. Netflix and Intel rose by more than 1%, and Microsoft and Meta rose slightly. Google fell by more than 7%, Tesla fell by more than 3%, Amazon fell by more than 2%, and Apple fell slightly. Most popular Chinese concept stocks declined. MINISO fell by more than 6%, Futu Holdings, Baidu, and NIO fell by more than 4%, Li Auto, Pinduoduo, and JD.com fell by more than 3%, Xpeng Motors and Tencent Music fell by more than 2%; 36Kr rose by more than 7%, Zhihu rose by more than 3%, and Pony.ai rose by more than 1%.
Big S's Ashes Have Been Transported Back to Taiwan
According to ETtoday News Cloud, Taiwanese actress Big S (Barbie Hsu) passed away in Japan due to influenza complicated by pneumonia at the age of 48. It is understood that Big S's ashes and her family have arrived in Taiwan by private jet. According to the Liberty Times, Big S's ashes have been transported back to Taiwan from Tokyo Haneda Airport by the exclusive private charter jet VistaJet and safely arrived at Taipei Songshan Airport at around 3 p.m. on the 5th. (Jiemian News)
The concept of DeepSeek is booming, and Huajin Capital has once again reached the daily limit with a one-character increase. The company's latest response
The concept of DeepSeek continues to be popular, and Huajin Capital has reached the daily limit. It has reached the daily limit with a one-character increase for two consecutive trading days. In terms of news, recently, there are market rumors that Huajin Capital is an investment platform under Zhuhai State-owned Assets, and it indirectly participates in the Pre-A round financing of DeepSeek. Zhuhai State-owned Assets is the actual controller of Huajin Capital, with a current shareholding ratio of 26.60%. However, at noon on February 5, Huajin Capital clarified on the interactive platform that neither the company nor the funds managed by its subsidiaries hold the equity of Huafang Quantification and DeepSeek. In response to this, a relevant person from Huajin Capital responded that the company does not know the relevant situation of Zhuhai State-owned Assets and DeepSeek. But according to the company's understanding, DeepSeek may not have conducted external financing. (21st Century Business Herald)
Lei Jun: Xiaomi 15 Ultra and Xiaomi SU7 Ultra will be released simultaneously at the end of February
36Kr learned that Lei Jun stated on his personal social platform that Xiaomi 15 Ultra and Xiaomi SU7 Ultra will be released simultaneously at the end of February. The annual sales target of Xiaomi SU7 Ultra is 10,000 units.
Huawei's annual sales revenue in 2024 exceeds 860 billion yuan. Chairman Liang Hua: "The overall operation meets expectations."
On February 5, when Huawei Chairman Liang Hua spoke at the High-Quality Development Conference in Guangdong Province, he said that 2024 is a challenging year. With the support of global customers and partners, the majority of consumers, and all sectors of society, Huawei's overall operation has met expectations. The ICT infrastructure remains stable, the consumer business has returned to growth, and the intelligent vehicle solution business has developed rapidly. The annual sales revenue exceeds 860 billion yuan. (China Business Network)
The price of gold jewelry increases by 11 yuan per gram overnight
According to the Daily Economic News, the data indicates that at 9:00 on February 5, the COMEX gold futures rose by 0.01% to $2,876.2 per ounce, up 41% compared with the same period last year, setting a new historical high. The domestic gold jewelry prices have also risen correspondingly. As of 9:00 on February 5, the retail price of Chow Tai Fook's pure gold jewelry is 863 yuan per gram, and the gold price on February 4 was 855 yuan per gram; the price of Laomiao Gold's pure gold jewelry is 864 yuan per gram, and the quote of the previous day was 853 yuan per gram, a significant increase of 11 yuan per gram overnight; the latest price of Chow Tai Seng's 999 pure gold is 855 yuan per gram. The changes in tariff policies of the world's major economies, the unimproved turbulent geopolitical situation, and the central bank's gold purchases, which have intensified the risk-averse sentiment, are the main reasons for the increase in international gold prices. (Daily Economic News)
The National Radio and Television Administration: Micro-short dramas are subject to three-level review and management, and the white list system for micro-short dramas is implemented
On February 5, it was learned from the National Radio and Television Administration that the notice on further coordinating development and security to promote the healthy and prosperous development of the online micro-short drama industry has been officially released, requiring the implementation of the "classified and hierarchical review" system. According to the actual development of the micro-short drama industry, in accordance with the principles of hierarchical supervision and key supervision of domestic online dramas and films, micro-short dramas are subject to three-level review and management in three categories to optimize the review process and improve the review efficiency through differentiated and precise management.
In addition, the notice requires the implementation of the "white list" system to regulate the dissemination order. All micro-short dramas broadcasted or attract traffic (driving traffic is also a possible alternative depending on the context), pushed by online audio-visual platforms, mini-programs, and traffic sources must hold the "Online Drama and Film Distribution License" or complete the corresponding online filing and registration procedures. Before the program is launched, the "Online Drama and Film Distribution License" number or the program registration and filing number must be marked on the title of the program in accordance with the corresponding format requirements. Online audio-visual platforms are not allowed to launch and disseminate micro-short dramas that are not marked with a license or filing number, nor are they allowed to attract traffic and push for them. (Blue Whale News)
The daily passenger delivery volume of the national railway during the Spring Festival travel rush has reached a new high, reaching 17.04 million person-times
It is learned from China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. that on February 4, the seventh day of the first lunar month, the last day of the Spring Festival holiday, the national railway delivered 17.04 million passengers, once again setting a new historical high for the daily passenger delivery volume during the Spring Festival travel rush. During the Spring Festival holiday, the national railway has cumulatively delivered 96.26 million passengers, and the transportation is safe, stable and orderly. On February 5, the eighth day of the first lunar month, the national railway is expected to deliver 16.30 million passengers, and it plans to add 2,083 passenger trains. (CCTV News)
14.366 Million People Entered and Exited During the Spring Festival Holiday
It is learned from the National Immigration Administration that during this Spring Festival holiday, the national border inspection authorities have ensured the entry and exit of a total of 14.366 million Chinese and foreign personnel, an increase of 6.3% compared with the same period of last Spring Festival. Among them, 7.671 million mainland residents entered and exited, an increase of 5% compared with the same period of last Spring Festival; 5.737 million residents from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan entered and exited, an increase of 5.6% compared with the same period of last Spring Festival; 958,000 foreigners entered and exited, an increase of 22.9% compared with the same period of last Spring Festival. A total of 525,000 transportation vehicles (aircraft, ships, trains, and vehicles) were inspected for entry and exit, an increase of 14.4% compared with the same period of last Spring Festival. The customs clearance at ports across the country by sea, land and air was smooth and orderly. (Xinhua News Agency)
The United States Postal Service will continue to receive inbound packages from the post offices in mainland China and Hong Kong, China.
According to Yicai, according to the announcement of the United States Postal Service, starting from February 5 local time, the United States Postal Service will continue to receive inbound packages from the post offices in mainland China and Hong Kong, China.
Previously, the United States Postal Service announced on the 4th local time that it would suspend the receipt of inbound packages from the post offices in mainland China and Hong Kong, China from the 4th until further notice. The statement shows that letters from mainland China and Hong Kong, China will not be affected. (Yicai)
Apple Launches Invites App and Adjusts Care+ Service Plan to Enhance Subscription Revenue
Apple has launched a new app for creating event invitations and adjusted the AppleCare+ service plan for iPhones, which is part of the company's extensive efforts to generate more subscription revenue. The event invitation app is called Apple Invites, and users can use the app to organize events such as birthday parties. The app can also customize invitations using the Apple Intelligence AI platform, create playlists in Apple's music streaming service, and generate a shared album for the event. The app can be downloaded for free, but requires a subscription to iCloud+ starting at $0.99 per month. (Sina Finance)
Institution: Global smartphone market shipments in 2024 increased by 7% year-on-year
36Kr learned that Canalys data shows that in 2024, global smartphone market shipments increased by 7% year-on-year to 1.22 billion units, achieving a rebound after two consecutive years of decline. Among them, Apple, with the growth in emerging markets and stable performance in North America and Europe, ranked first in the market for the second consecutive year. In 2024, iPhone shipments decreased by 1% to 225.9 million units. Samsung followed closely with shipments decreasing by 1% to 222.9 million units. Xiaomi remained in the third place and became the biggest contributor to the industry's shipment growth in 2024.
Former official says the Bank of Japan may raise interest rates twice more this year, and the terminal rate may be higher than market expectations
The former executive director of the Bank of Japan said that the central bank may continue to raise the benchmark interest rate to a level higher than the current market consensus, and may raise interest rates twice more this year on the basis of the interest rate hike last month. "My benchmark view is that there will be more interest rate hikes," former executive director Hideo Hayakawa said in an interview on Tuesday. "There is almost no logical reason to think that interest rate hikes will stop earlier." (Sina Finance)
The South Korean government claims that DeepSeek brings an impact and will establish a "National AI Committee"
According to a report by Phoenix Network Technology citing Bloomberg, South Korea's Acting President Choi Sang-mu said on Wednesday that the latest artificial intelligence model of DeepSeek has the potential to reshape the industrial landscape, and commented, "This is a new impact." The South Korean government will establish a "National Artificial Intelligence Committee" as soon as possible to make South Korea one of the world's top three leading countries in artificial intelligence.
Choi Sang-mu said, "Recently, a Chinese company launched 'DeepSeek R1', which is a high-performance and low-cost artificial intelligence model, bringing a new impact," and emphasized that "The global artificial intelligence competition may expand from a simple infrastructure scale expansion competition to a complex competition that increases software competitiveness."
Choi Sang-mu said that he will focus on ensuring the competitiveness of artificial intelligence. He said, "We will accelerate the operational process of the National Artificial Intelligence Computing Center and hold a meeting of the 'National Artificial Intelligence Committee' as soon as possible this month to discuss the detailed strategy for ascending as one of the 'Three Major Powers in Artificial Intelligence.' " (Phoenix Network Technology)
Spain plans to reduce the weekly working hours to 37.5 hours, and the Prime Minister claims to prioritize the dignity of workers
The Spanish government has reached an agreement to reduce the weekly working hours from 40 to 37.5. The country's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, amid weak support in parliament, hopes to benefit from social policies. "It has been more than 41 years since our country last modified the working hours," the country's Deputy Prime Minister and Labor Minister Yolanda Diaz said after the weekly cabinet meeting on Tuesday. She said that this change is not only "another economic or labor variable, but a national project, a measure to modernize Spain". (Sina Finance)
The Forefront of AI
CITIC Securities: The New Generation Model of DeepSeek Is Expected to Accelerate the Comprehensive Implementation of AI Applications, with a Focus on Three Main Lines
36Kr has learned that the research report of CITIC Securities indicates that recently, DeepSeek has become globally popular, known for its strong capabilities and low cost, which brings a strong reference significance to the global AI industry chain. The DeepSeek-R1 released on January 20, 2025, has performance comparable to the official version of OpenAI o1. It emphasizes the reinforcement learning technical route, with strong reasoning ability and outstanding cost performance. CITIC Securities believes that the release of the new generation model of DeepSeek means that the application of AI large models will gradually become popular, accelerating the comprehensive implementation of AI applications. At the same time, it is expected to open a new Scaling Law, with the focus of the model gradually shifting from pre-training to the reinforcement learning and reasoning stages, helping to continuously increase the demand for computing power. It is recommended to focus on three main lines: tool software and other key industry software, general management software, and AI computing power.
Huawei's Xiaoyi has been integrated with DeepSeek, and many companies have previously announced their integration with DeepSeek
According to IT Home reports, as feedback from many netizens, the Xiaoyi Assistant App of Huawei's pure-blood HarmonyOS NEXT has been integrated with DeepSeek, and the Intelligent Agent Plaza has launched the Beta version of DeepSeek-R1.
Users can have conversations with DeepSeek through the Xiaoyi Assistant to achieve a more seamless AI experience. To experience this feature, the Xiaoyi Assistant needs to be upgraded to version 11.2.10.310 or above, and then the Intelligent Agent Plaza can be found in the "Discover" section at the bottom.
According to reports from the financial sector, major cloud service providers and chip manufacturers at home and abroad have successively announced their integration with the DeepSeek model. In the overseas market, on January 31, Microsoft's Azure cloud service announced the official launch of DeepSeek-R1 on Microsoft's Azure AI Foundry and GitHub. On the same day, the world's largest cloud giant, Amazon AWS, also announced the full launch of the DeepSeek-R1 model, and NVIDIA announced that the NVIDIA NIM can already use the DeepSeek-R1 model.
On February 1, Huawei Cloud announced that the Huawei Cloud team and Silicon Mobility jointly launched and launched the DeepSeek-R1/V3 inference service based on Huawei Cloud Ascend Cloud Service. Tencent Cloud also announced on February 2 that the DeepSeek-R1 large model can be deployed with one click to Tencent Cloud HAI, and developers can access and invoke it in just 3 minutes. Subsequently, On February 3, Alibaba Cloud and Baidu Intelligent Cloud also issued statements announcing the official integration of the DeepSeek-V3 and DeepSeek-R1 models. (IT Home)
JD Cloud Fully Launches DeepSeek-R1/V3
36Kr has learned that JD Cloud has officially launched the DeepSeek-R1 and DeepSeek-V3 models, supporting two deployment modes: public cloud online deployment and dedicated hybrid private instance deployment. Users can deploy as needed and make quick calls. Developers and enterprises can go to the JD Cloud official website, enter the "AI Asset Market" in the Yanxi AI Development Computing Platform, and select this model for one-click deployment. The dedicated hybrid private computing power instance deployment mode has been simultaneously launched on the JD Cloud vGPU AI Computing Power Platform to provide private model inference services with data not leaving the domain for customers in finance, enterprises, governments, etc.
Tencent Cloud TI Platform Lists DeepSeek Series Models, Supporting Free Trials and One-Click Deployment
36Kr has learned that recently, Tencent Cloud TI Platform announced the listing of the DeepSeek series models, including the "full-blooded" V3 and the original R1 model, with a parameter quantity of 671B; as well as a series of models distilled from DeepSeek-R1, with parameter scales ranging from 70B to 1.5B. The TI Platform fully supports one-click deployment of the DeepSeek series models. In addition, to facilitate zero-threshold access for developers, the TI Platform has also temporarily opened up free online experience of the R1 model. As an enterprise-level machine learning platform, the TI Platform also provides capabilities such as model service management, monitoring and operation, and resource scalability to help enterprises and developers efficiently and stably integrate the DeepSeek models into actual business operations.
Visual China: Completed the Integration and Local Deployment of the DeepSeek Open Source Large Model
36Kr has learned that Visual China announced that it has recently completed the integration and local deployment of the DeepSeek-R1 open source large model of DeepSeek Company, and has deeply applied its capabilities in multiple products.
Humanoid robot unicorn Figure AI announces that it will terminate its cooperation with OpenAI due to having achieved a "major breakthrough"
Figure AI announces that it will terminate its cooperation with OpenAI due to having achieved a "major breakthrough" and will focus on internal artificial intelligence research and development. It has been less than a year since Figure AI announced the partnership between the two sides. Figure AI claims that the termination of the cooperation is because OpenAI's focus is not on embedded artificial intelligence. Additionally, it is inferred by the outside world that OpenAI may have developed its own hardware. Although on social media X, Figure AI founder and CEO Brett Adcock is tight-lipped about the specific details, he promises to provide the outside world with "something never seen before on a humanoid robot" within the next 30 days. (National Business Daily)
OpenAI: Open ChatGPT Search for Free, No Registration Required
OpenAI announces that it is opening the ChatGPT search function to all users without the need for registration. Compared with traditional search engines like Google that use a traditional indexing model, ChatGPT search can capture web information more quickly and can achieve minute-level parsing. This is of great help to industries such as stocks, sports, finance, etc., that need to quickly obtain news content at the first time. At the same time, with the ability of the large model, it can better interpret the user's search ideas and can provide the source address of the search results. (Cailian Press)
OpenAI: "Deep Research" Feature Now Available to All Pro Users
On February 5 local time, the OpenAI, an American artificial intelligence research laboratory, posted on the social platform X that the "Deep Research" feature has now been launched for all Pro users including those in the United Kingdom, the European Union, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland. (Jiemian News)
Unitree Technology: The robot in the Spring Festival Gala is Unitree H1
36Kr has learned that in the Snake Year Spring Festival Gala, the creative fusion dance program "YangBOT" directed by Zhang Yimou was jointly starred by more than ten humanoid robots and actors from Xinjiang Arts Institute. It is introduced that the robot performing this time is Unitree H1 "Fuxi" of Unitree Technology, which is a homophone of "Fu Xi". H1 is the world's first full-size electrically driven humanoid robot that can complete a standing backflip. It is equipped with AI-driven full-body motion control technology, high-precision 3D laser SLAM autonomous positioning and navigation, multi-agent collaborative planning, advanced networking solutions, and full-body AI motion control.
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