On June 7, Nicolas Forest, chief investment officer of Candriam, said that the European Central Bank is expected to cut interest rates twice more this year after making its first rate cut, although the bank's new guidance remains cautious and avoids giving any clear direction for future actions. Forest expects the next rate cut to take place in September as the transitory inflationary effects in the services sector wear off. "At the same time, the Central Bank raised its inflation expectations for 2024 and 2025, which means that the first rate cut may not mean the start of a sustained easing cycle," he said.

On April 29, Yan Xiuwen, deputy director of the Electric Power Safety Supervision Department of the National Energy Administration, introduced at a press conference that the National Energy Administration took the "three actions" as the starting point to comprehensively strengthen the risk management and control of power grid security, focus on the investigation and rectification of major hidden dangers, and make every effort to ensure the safe and stable operation of the power system and reliable power supply. The first is to carry out key actions for the safety risk management and control of the distribution network. The second is to carry out special rectification actions for the quality and safety risk investigation of power equipment. The third is to carry out a special action to dynamically eliminate major hidden dangers of forest and grassland fires and investigate and deal with illegal fire use. In the next step, the National Energy Administration will work with relevant departments and industry enterprises to complete the "three actions" in accordance with the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, resolutely adhere to the bottom line of no large-scale power outages and no large-scale power rationing, ensure the safe and stable operation of the power system and reliable power supply, and ensure the new development pattern with a new security pattern.

The latest research from the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) shows that despite the significant increase in the number of nodes, greenhouse gas emissions from the ETH network have dropped by about 99.97% since the switch to proof-of-stake (POS). The CCAF said in a report on Friday that the ETH network currently emits 2.8 thousand tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (KtCO2e) per year, "specifically, this is equivalent to the emissions of five round-trip flights from London to New York, the annual emissions associated with energy consumption of 450 UK households, or the annual carbon sequestration capacity of 270 acres of forest".

According to the Securities Times, on November 22, Feishu, a subsidiary of ByteDance, held a press conference in Beijing and officially released a series of AI products such as "Feishu Intelligent Partner". Feishu Smart Partner is an open AI service framework that can independently select the appropriate underlying large model according to business scenarios. At present, Feishu Smart Partners have carried out trials in companies such as Anker Innovations and Yuanqi Forest, and have achieved AI efficiency improvement in multiple work scenarios such as sales and marketing.

Odaily Planet Daily News According to Bit Jungle news, a new type of fraud has recently appeared. The suspect used the guise of buying and selling USDT to invite the victim to KTV to steal digital assets through special means. Under the guise of buying and selling USDT, the suspect deceived the victim to a high-end KTV place, made the victim negligent by playing games and other methods, and made the victim's mobile phone out of the victim's control. After the criminal gang obtained the victim's mobile phone device, through Special means to obtain the victim's private key. After successfully obtaining the victim's private key, the suspect asked the victim to deposit funds into the negotiated wallet address on the grounds of continuing to complete the transaction, and agreed to carry out the final transaction. After the victim transferred USDT to the provided address, the suspect used the stolen private key to perform a quick transfer to steal the digital assets in the victim's mobile phone wallet. At present, the police will arrest all criminal gangs on July 26, 2023. Odaily Planet Daily reminds users to pay attention to risks and prevent private keys from being leaked.

According to news from IT House on June 1, two weeks ago, Xiaoice announced the launch of the "Human Clone Project" in the Chinese and Japanese markets. Create AI clones based on your personality, skills, voice, and appearance. According to the latest official news, at present, the first batch of Internet celebrity clones have been launched ahead of schedule, including the previously controversial "Hanzo Forest". In this regard, Xiaoice believes that under the premise of strictly abiding by the red line of the law, everyone can have the opportunity to start a second life with AI cloning. Xiaobing said that at present, the total number of Internet celebrity fans who have signed up for clones in the background has exceeded 500 million. However, for safety reasons, the first batch of clones is still limited to 300 people. After testing and verification, it is expected to be gradually released to a larger scale before the end of the year. Xiaoice plans to unlock new clones every Thursday. In addition, in order to avoid hidden dangers caused by improper use of clones, Xiaoice Company does not open technical interfaces, but restricts clones to communicate with users only in specific X Eva Apps. The technologies used at the bottom of X Eva App include Xiaoice XLLM language model, sound and neural network rendering technology, etc., so that clones have both personality and the ability to complete work.