Cheetah Mobile Deploys 8,000 Shopping Mall Robots Boosting Offline Retail
Cheetah Mobile has successfully deployed 8,000 AiM Robots (AiM: Attract, interact and Mindset) in 962 shopping malls across 33cities in China.
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Baidu World 2020 Conference Showcases AI for Autonomous Driving and Virtual Assistant
Chinese tech giant Baidu hosted Baidu World 2020 conference under the theme of “Intelligence of Everything”, unveiling new flagship products and AI upgrades.
Baidu Launches Smart Earbuds “XiaoduPods” and Announces DuerOS Upgrades
Chinese tech giant Baidu unveiled the latest version of conversational AI system DuerOS 6.0 and launched smart earbuds “XiaoduPods”, which fulfills more user needs including elderly care and smart hotel.
AI Chatbot Platform Arifu is Helping East African Farmers Learn Finances and Farming Skills Via Texts
AI chatbot platform “Arifu” is helping east African farmers and rural entrepreneurs from Kenya, Zambia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Nigeria and UgandaContinue Reading
Beijing to Build the World’s First High-Level Autonomous Driving Demonstration Zone
On September 11, city official stated that Beijing plans to build the world’s first high-level autonomous driving demonstration zone, whichContinue Reading
NVIDIA Pockets ARM for $40 Billion Unveiling the Biggest Chip Company M&A
On September 13th, NVIDIA announced the acquisition of UK-based semiconductor startup ARM for US$40 billion, unveiling the largest acquisition dealContinue Reading
Ex-Uber AI Chief Scientist Zoubin Ghahramani Joins Google Brain Leadership Team
Former Uber Chief Scientist and VP for AI Zoubin Ghahramani has joined Google Research as part of the Google Brain team leadership.
EU and Canada Ministerial Meeting Reveals New AI Schemes for Global COVID-19 Recovery
The EU and Canada are collaborating to explore how to explicitly leverage artificial intelligence to help the international community respond to, and recover from, COVID-19.
Tencent Debutes AR Navigation Platform for IoV and Announces New Smart Transportation Strategy
Tencent announced the TIME Ecological Partner Program at the Tencent Global Digital Ecosystem Summit.
Insilico Medicine announces the launch of AI-powered COVIDomic to support COVID-19 research worldwide
Insilico Medicine announced the launch of a new system for COVID-19 basic and clinical research.
Preferred Networks and Mitsui Establish Joint Venture for Deep Learning-Based Subsurface Structure Analysis
Preferred Networks announced that PFN and Mitsui established a new joint venture Mit-PFN Energy to develop and commercialize a deep learning-based AI solution for subsurface structure analysis.
China’s Service Robot Market Accounts for More Than a Quarter of the Global Market, Expected to Exceed US$4 Billion in 2020
China’s service robot market is accounting for more than a quarter of the global market and is expected to exceed US$4 billion in 2020.
Beep! Beep! Baidu Apollo’s Unmanned Taxi Opens for Test Service in Beijing
Baidu Apollo announced the official operation of self-driving taxi service Apollo Go in Beijing.
Fujitsu and Tokyo Shinagawa Hospital Embark on Joint Research and Development of AI Technology to Support Diagnosis of COVID-19 Pneumonia
Fujitsu and Tokyo Shinagawa Hospital to develop an AI-based technology to facilitate the diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia.
Japanese AI Company Preferred Networks and Mitsui Group Establish Joint Venture for Energy Excavation
Japanese AI company Preferred Networks announced a new joint venture named “Mit-PFN Energy” with Mitsui Group to develop and commercialize AI solutions.
Nigerian Government to Set Up the Nation’s Centre for AI and Robotics to Empower Students
The Nigerian government announced a plan to establish the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in Nigeria (CFAIR).
Tesla’s Shanghai Gigfactory’s Kicks Off New Model Project to Be Completed in March 2021
Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory released the “environmental impact assessment report” for the pre-launch of a new car model.
Norwegian and UK-based Farming Robot Company Saga Robotics Raises €9.5 Million
Norwegian and UK-based agriculture robotics startup Saga Robotics received €9.5 million (US$11.35 million) in funding.
Nvidia Launches GeForce RTX 30 Series GPUs: ‘a Giant Step Into the Future’
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang today unveiled the company’s new GeForce RTX 30 Series GPUs.
Beijing Builds 100km Highway Lanes for Self-Driving Cars with Unmanned Machineries
Jingxiong highway, a highway with designated lanes for unmanned vehicles, is expected to be completed by the end of this year and open to traffic in June 2021.
The Chinese Government Restricts AI Technology Exports to Stop the Selling of TikTok
On August 28, China’s Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Science and Technology released the new updated version of the Catalogue of Technologies Prohibited and Restricted from Export.
Introducing Qian Yan, Baidu’s New Plan to Build 100 Chinese NLP Datasets in Three Years
Qian Yan, a plan to jointly develop the world’s largest Chinese natural language processing database.
Tencent Cloud Releases New 5g Products; To Build 300 Edge-Computing Centres by the End of 2020
Tencent Cloud announced the company’s latest efforts in the new 5G infrastructure.
Trump Slashes Research Funding but Raises the US Federal AI Budget by 34 Percent
Trump announced the 2021 fiscal year budget proposal on Monday, further flashing the budget for federally funded research projects, whereas research budgets of major scientific institutions have experienced double-digit cuts.
Fake ICRA conference hosted by Google Scholar profile imposter scams $530 registration fee
However, as Reddit users pointed out, the conference title is an acronym for International Conference on Robotics and Applications, which is one-word slip from the well-known top IEEE ICRA – International Conference on Robotics and Automation.
Swiss AI Air Purifier Aeris Secures US$3.3 Million Series A Funding
Swiss air purification systems manufacturer aeris completed its series A funding of US$ 3.3 million.
Shenzhen Builds 46,480 5G Base Stations, Ranks 1st in the World
Industry and Information Technology Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality announced that as of August 14, Shenzhen had built 46,480 5G base stations.
Elon Musk Seeks AI Talents for Video Data Processing Supercomputer “Dojo”
On August 15th, Elon Musk tweeted that Tesla is recruiting AI or chip talents for a neural network training computer project named “Dojo”.
KDD 2020 Announces Special Diversity & Inclusion Track
Talks, panels and papers dedicated to addressing social inequities and improving inclusivity in data science and artificial intelligence
Germany Sets Up €350m Euro Cybersecurity Agency to Strengthen “Digital Sovereignty”
Germany announced that it has setup a federal agency to combat cyber threats and safeguard the country’s digital sovereignty.
UAE Opens the World’s First Graduate-Level AI University for Fall 2021 Admission
Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) has opened for admission for the first academic year commencing in January 2021.
KDD 2020 Honors Career Achievements in Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining
New Prizes Recognize Innovation, Service, Rising Stars and Enduring Research Papers Ahead of the 26th Annual Conference.
NeurIPS Paper Reviews Released, Controversies Resurface
The NeurIPS 2020 paper reviews were sent out last Friday, starting the author response phase.
Huawei’s Wuhan Optics R&D Institute is Developing Cheap 100/200m LiDARs Cost Lower than US$100
Huawei’s Wuhan Research Institute has established a LiDAR research team aimed to produce 100m/200m ranging products at the cost of US$500 and lower.
UK Invests £200m in Public Sector AI Procurement Over the Next Four Years
The UK government is investing approximately £200m over the next four years in public sector AI procurement, which facilitates the purchase of a wide range of AI services from various suppliers.
Preferred Networks Releases Optuna v2.0
Open-source library for machine learning now gives the ability to evaluate which hyperparameters most affect performance.
Trump Escalates His China Tech Ban from Tiktok to WeChat
US President Donald Trump released two executive orders to ban the Chinese messaging app WeChat.
Huawei: China to Have 800K 5G Base Stations by End of 2020
Huawei states that as of July this year, 92 5G commercial networks have been deployed worldwide and China owns the most 5G spectrum and physical sites.
Japan’s Toshiba Invests US$321 Million to Set Up New R&D Centre for AI
Japanese electronics giant Toshiba announced the investment of US$321 million to set up a new AI centre.
Google’s Head of Business EMEA joins French startup Outsight to make it a leader in Spatial Intelligence
Google’s Head of AI & IoT Strategic Business Development EMEA, has been appointed Chief Business Officer of Outsight.