The State Administration of Radio and Television issued a notice today that the State Administration of Radio and Television has organized a review of the "Technical Requirements for Digital Virtual Humans", and now approves it as a recommended industry standard for radio, television and online audio-visual of the People's Republic of China and publishes it. The standard number is GY/T411-2024, and the standard will be implemented from the date of publication.

Digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and big data are profoundly impacting the publishing industry.

Recently, the 32nd National Book Fair, sponsored by the National Press and Publication Administration and hosted by the Shandong Provincial People's Government and the Jinan Municipal People's Government, opened in Jinan, and "digital intelligence" products and experiences such as AI "Li Qingzhao", metaverse publishing, and VR maps were unveiled.

Recently, the "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Further Comprehensively Deepening Reform and Promoting Chinese-style Modernization" mentions, "explore effective mechanisms for the integration of culture and science and technology, and accelerate the development of new cultural formats."

As an advanced form of the integration of the digital economy and the real economy, the metaverse is changing the ecosystem of the traditional cultural tourism industry, promoting the upgrading of traditional cultural tourism formats and the development of new formats.

A few days ago, Elon Musk, the founder of Neuralink Corp., a brain-computer interface startup, said that the company plans to implant his device in a second human patient in a week or so, and hopes to implant the device in a "high single digit" patient by the end of this year.