China launches brain-like spiking large model "Xunxi 1.0," fully independently controllable.

Li Guoqi and Xu Bo's team from the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with relevant units, has launched the brain-inspired spiking large model "Shunxi 1.0" (SpikingBrain-1.0). This artificial intelligence (AI) system is designed with energy efficiency and high efficiency as its core, and it does not rely on chips from AI chip giant NVIDIA.

Different from AI tools like ChatGPT that start up the entire network, the "Shunxi 1.0" model simulates the human brain's way of only activating the required neurons. In addition, "Shunxi 1.0" can selectively respond to input information, thus saving energy and accelerating response speed. A technical paper published on the arXiv open-access research platform shows that in some cases, it runs 100 times faster than traditional models.

"Shunxi 1.0" can complete learning with less than 2% of the training data required by traditional systems, and still maintains speed and efficiency when processing long texts. More importantly, it operates entirely within China's independently developed AI ecosystem, using the MetaX chip platform developed by Shanghai Muxi MetaX Integrated Circuit Company, rather than NVIDIA's graphics processing units (GPUs). With the U.S. tightening export controls on advanced AI chips, the model of "Shunxi 1.0" has significant strategic importance.

Professor Li Guoqi from the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that "Shunxi 1.0" has opened a new path for AI development and provided a framework for optimizing domestic chips. He said that this model is especially suitable for processing long sequence data such as legal documents, medical records, or scientific simulations. The research team has open-sourced a smaller version of the model and provided a larger version for testing online. "Hello! I am SpikingBrain 1.0, the Chinese name 'Shunxi', a brain-like AI model." The system said on its demonstration website: "I combine the way the human brain processes information and spike computing, aiming to provide powerful, reliable, and energy-efficient AI services, completely built on Chinese technology."

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