Group 1 - The forum titled "Future Paradigm in the AI Era" was held in Shanghai, co-hosted by Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance and the AI Institute [1] - Wang Yanfeng, Executive Dean of the AI Institute, emphasized the importance of overcoming bottlenecks in advanced computing power and underlying technologies for China's AI development [1] - Bai Shuo, Chief Scientist at Hengsheng Electronics, predicted that the application architecture driven by large models will likely evolve in two directions: "public domain AI SaaS" and "private domain AI middle platform" [1] - Liu Yuan from Zhenge Fund shared insights on the trend of Chinese companies starting with global products and the increasing youthfulness of AI entrepreneurs [1] Group 2 - The Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance announced the launch of the "Talent Cultivation Special Program for a Strong Technology Nation," aimed at empowering innovative enterprises through a collaborative training model [2] - The program is open to actual controllers, co-founders, or major shareholders of emerging strategic industries with distinct technological innovation attributes [2]