The highly anticipated 2024 iFlytek Global 1024 Developer Festival AI Entertainment Forum was grandly held in Hefei. Focusing on "Reconstructing Content and Expression," the event aimed to delve into the profound changes AI technology is bringing to the entertainment industry, witness significant launches in iFlytek's AI entertainment sector, and collaborate with partners to foster the flourishing development of the entertainment field.
Senior executives including Liu Cong, Vice President and Director of the Research Institute at iFlytek, and Yan Yalu, Vice President of the Consumer Business Group, attended the forum. Cheng Kun, General Manager of the iFlytek Input Method Business Division, Guo Jia, General Manager and Head of iFlytek Music's Digital Entertainment Business Division, and Jiang Yuan, Deputy General Manager and Chief Scientist of iFlytek Music, delivered compelling keynote speeches.
Singers under iFlytek Music kicked off the event with vibrant singing and dancing performances, infusing the gathering with boundless energy for both attendees and the media.
In his address, Vice President Yan Yalu shared iFlytek's recent endeavors in the AI entertainment sector, emphasizing that despite the ever-changing market landscape, the AI entertainment business group has consistently upheld an innovative spirit, actively seeking new opportunities and breakthroughs to provide users with more valuable content and more convenient, efficient services. He highlighted the exponential effects of AI technology, noting that iFlytek Input Method, Internet CoolSound, and iFlytek Music have all achieved outstanding market performance.
During the keynote session, General Manager Cheng Kun detailed the new features of iFlytek Input Method version 14.0. He stated that version 14.0 aims to be "AI input for everyone," reshaping expression through AI to offer a more accurate, efficient, and personalized input experience. The new version employs a completely new AI plugin architecture and introduces the iFlytek Spark on-device input model, making a breakthrough from word-level to sentence-level input. It also supports offline voice recognition and, for the first time, covers dialects across all prefecture-level cities in the country. Additionally, iFlytek Input Method 14.0 has revamped Vitality Vision 2.0, enhancing the visual experience to awaken "vitality" and provide users with a richer and more diverse input experience.
In his presentation, General Manager Guo Jia shared iFlytek Music's ecological blueprint for reconstructing musical expression in the AI era. He explained that iFlytek Music continuously updates and iterates its products, such as Lyric+, Finder, and Muse, to better serve musicians and the development of music-related businesses through AI technology. iFlytek Music also injects fresh talent into the music industry through initiatives like the "Sound Seeking Plan," "Odd-Even Plan," and "Dream Building Plan," providing comprehensive support to these talented music creators. Moreover, iFlytek Music is actively expanding its offline performance services, establishing key collaborative brands like "Dalangdara" and "Dandelion Music Live," offering audiences a more diverse sensory experience and providing its artists with more avenues for commercial monetization.
Deputy General Manager Jiang Yuan discussed how CoolSound Ringtones and iFlytek Tuku meet users' personalized needs by creating high-quality content. He stated that CoolSound Ringtones have achieved coverage across leading smartphone manufacturers and music applications, maintaining the top market share. With the advent of the 5G era, CoolSound Ringtones has begun offering video ringtones and colorful ringtone services, experiencing rapid growth. iFlytek Tuku connects various IPs and designers to produce creative content tailored to different platforms, striving to provide users with personalized customization services. In the future, CoolSound Ringtones and iFlytek Tuku will further integrate technologies like AI and digital humans to offer users even more high-quality content services.
Additionally, the forum hosted the launch ceremony for the exhibition "Hear and See: Chinese Culture in Chinese Characters." This exhibition connects "ancient and modern, civilization and fireworks" through two main exhibit types: "cultural relics" and "sounds," showcasing the aesthetic form and phonetic charm of Chinese characters to the audience.
The successful hosting of this forum not only showcased iFlytek's innovative achievements and leading position in the AI entertainment field but also provided a platform for industry peers to exchange and learn. It is believed that with the empowerment of AI technology, the entertainment industry will embrace a brighter future.
