South Korea to Introduce AI to High School Education in 2021; to Train 5,000 Incumbent Teachers by 2025
South Korea will introduce AI to nationwide high school education in 2021
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Japan’s Fujitsu, AIST, and RIKEN Achieve Highest Speed on the MLPerf HPC BL Processing Benchmark Using Supercomputer Systems
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), and RIKEN announced a performance milestone in supercomputing.
2020 Beijing AI Development Report: 1,500 companies, 4,000 scholars and 40,000 industry practitioners
Beijing Zhiyuan AI Research Institute released the 2020 Beijing AI Development Report, showing that Beijing ranks first nationally in 17 areas, including for having the highest numbers of companies and scholars.
World’s First Smart Freight Air Rail to Land in China’s Qingdao Port
The Qingdao Port and Wuhan CRRC Yangtze Group held a signing ceremony for the port’s new intelligent air rail.
Alibaba: 800 Million Consumers Have Each Used AI Technologies 20,000 Times on Average on Singles Day
China’s shopping spree Single’s Day is becoming a large-scale social digital innovation project, stated Alibaba CTO Cheng Li.
AI Patent Application Exceeds 30,000 and 180 Universities Add AI Majors in China Last Year
Among the top 100 highly cited AI papers in the past five years, China’s output accounted for 21 and rank second globally.
Shenzhen Rolls Out L4 Unmanned “Panda Bus” to Be Ride for Free
Shenzhen launched an unmanned “Panda Bus” connected by intelligent networks in Pingshan Park, which travels a 45-minute trip of 12 kilometres on planned routes.
New Report Number Shows AI Patent Applications in China Exceeded 30,000 in 2019
Report showed that China published 28,700 AI scientific papers in 2019, an increase of 12.4 percent over the previous year, and its activity in top international conferences in the field of artificial intelligence And the influence continues to increase.
Shanghai Aims to Develop AI Industry Clusters and Spearheads Measures in Lingang Free-Trade Zones
The Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology and Shanghai Municipal Finance Bureau launched special funds to focus on developing integrated circuits, artificial intelligence, and biomedicine industry clusters.
Beijing to Open 100 Unmanned Taxi Stations
Self-driving taxis began to fully operate in Beijing and the weekly number of orders per day during the peak period has exceeded 2,600.
Singapore Computer Society Publishes Guide on AI Ethics & Governance Body of Knowledge
Singapore Computer Society (SCS) published AI Ethics & Governance Body of Knowledge document, to build on the Singapore government’s voluntary framework for the responsible AI use.
Uber to Establish $150 Million Joint Venture with SK Telecom to Expand in South Korea
South Korea’s SK Telecom plans to split up its ride-hailing department “T Map Mobility” by the end of this year, to create a service company with more than 200,000 drivers and 750,000 taxi users per month.
China’s Automatic Agricultural Equipment and System Sales Increased By 213% YoY in 1H 2020
From January to June 2020, China sold more than 11,700 sets of automatic agricultural machinery and systems, a year-on-year increase of 213 percent.
Singapore Tops in AI Investment as Input Gaps Between ASEAN Countries Widen
Singapore is the number one among ASEAN countries to invest in AI, with $68 worth of AI investment per capita last year.
Huawei Has Invested US$500 Million in Car Business Units in 2020 and Builds for Smart Electric Vehicles
Huawei’s chairman Xu Zhijun disclosed that the company has invested US$500 million in the smart car solution business unit this year, and has not yet considered about short-term profits.
Shanghai Forges Strategic Partnerships with Alibaba and Ant Group on R&D for Mega-City Applications
The Shanghai Municipal Government signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Alibaba Group and Ant Group, to expedite the development of a new online economy.
Japan Builders and Tech Companies Ready to Launch Autonomous Ships by 2025
A consortium of 40 Japanese shipbuilders, shipping companies and tech firms have gathered to produce self-navigating shipping vessels.
“Top 500 Chinese Enterprises” Report: Baidu, Huawei and NetEase Rank Top Three in R&D
In 2020, the average R&D intensity of the top 500 Chinese companies has increased for three consecutive years and bounced back to the highest level in history.
Counterpoint: Average Global Price of Smartphones Have Risen by 10 Percent; China’s 5G Phone Shipments Have Increased Sharply
In the second quarter of 2020, increase of 5G phone shipments prompted the average selling price of global smartphone market to increase by 10 percent.
Playstation “Father” Ken Kutaragi Becomes CEO of Tokyo-Based Robotics Startup
Former Sony executive Ken Kutaragi, known to be the “father” of PlayStation, has been named CEO of Ascent Robotics.
Beijing Officials Announce the City’s 5G Users Surpass 5 Million Benchmark
The Beijing Municipal Administration of Communications revealed that the number of 5G users in Beijing exceeded 5 million.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.