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OpenAI responded to ChatGPT downtime. On December 12th, OpenAI confirmed that ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chat robot, was currently experiencing a worldwide downtime, which made users unable to use it. This problem also affects the integration function between iOS 18.2 and Siri. According to OpenAI, the company has identified the cause of the outage and is actively repairing it. Although their goal is to restore the function of ChatGPT as soon as possible, they have not provided a specific recovery schedule.The main fuel oil contract rose by more than 3%, and it is now reported at 3158 yuan/ton.South Korean prosecutors launched a seizure search on the Capital Defense Command. (CCTV News)

Marubi Co., Ltd. changed its name to Marubi Bio, and Marubi Co., Ltd. officially changed its name to Marubi Bio (603983.SH). This name change has been approved by Shanghai Stock Exchange and announced.The warm winter of second-hand houses has arrived: in November, house prices in Chengdu, Shenzhen rebounded first, and second-hand houses once again played a leading indicator of market warming. On December 11th, the Middle Finger Research Institute released a map of housing prices of second-hand houses in the top ten cities in November 2024, showing that in November, the average price of second-hand houses in Baicheng fell by 0.57% from the previous month, which was 0.03 percentage points lower than that of the previous month. The second-hand housing market in first-tier cities is more active. The average price of second-hand housing in the top ten cities dropped by 0.17% month-on-month, and the decline was narrowed by 0.16 percentage points from last month. Among them, the prices of second-hand houses in Shenzhen and Chengdu rose by 0.21% and 0.12% respectively, breaking the overall decline of 100 cities for seven consecutive months. Experts in the industry said that under the blessing of the policy of "buying houses and reducing taxes", it is expected that the transaction of second-hand houses in core cities will continue to be high, and prices are expected to continue to adjust. (beijing business today)South Korea's ruling party leader: Impeachment is the only way to suspend the president. Han Dongxun, leader of South Korea's ruling National Power Party, said on the 12th that President Yin Xiyue has no intention of stepping down early, and impeachment is the only way to suspend the president. According to South Korean media reports, Han Dongxun held an emergency press conference that morning to show his position in favor of impeaching the president. He also said that Yin Xiyue should be immediately excluded from the operation of state affairs such as the commander-in-chief of the army and should immediately stop his functions and powers. Han Dongxun announced the abolition of his previous plan of "orderly advancing the president to step down" and said that he would "vote according to his own beliefs and conscience" at the next vote. (Xinhua News Agency)

The Hang Seng Index and Hang Seng Science and Technology Index both fell, while Meituan (03690.HK), Xpeng Motors (09868.HK) and JD.COM (09618.HK) all fell more than 2%.Long bright technology won an order from the state-owned bank Xinchuang, and recently, long bright technology successfully won an expert order from a state-owned bank for the "Innovation Project of Localization of Bank Card Clearing System".The turnover of Shanghai, Shenzhen and Beijing has exceeded 500 billion yuan. Up to now, the turnover of Shanghai, Shenzhen and Beijing has exceeded 500 billion yuan, including 183 billion yuan, 315.5 billion yuan and 4.6 billion yuan respectively.