AI Biweekly: Optimistic Outlook for IoT & AI-Powered Smart Homes
10 AI News You Need To Know From December W 4 – January W 1
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Baidu President Ya-Qin Zhang Talks AI Security
As Chinese Internet giant Baidu has expanded from search to mobile apps, cloud services, and emerging business sectors like autonomous driving and voice assistants, it has correspondingly beefed up its research efforts, particularly in AI, to keep pace with growing security threats.
Spotlight on AI at Google Cloud Next ’18
At the annual Google Cloud Next conference which kicked off July 24 in San Francisco the company unveiled a series of AI-based product releases and enhancements for its analytics and machine learning tools, additional applications on G Suite, and new IoT products.
Tuya Smart Gets $200M for its Smart Home, Smart Business & Smart City Strategy
Chinese IoT startup Tuya Smart has completed its Series C funding with nearly US$200 million, led by Future Fund, NEA, China Broadband Capital, Quadrille Capital and C.M.Capital. The company will apply the funds to its AI+IoT, Smart City, Smart Business and Smart Home technologies.
AI Biweekly: 10 Bits from July W2 – W3
Facebook is working with a select group of advertisers to create augmented reality ads for its News Feed. When users activate an ad’s tap-to-try AR capability it can display for example how a pair of glasses would look on their face via the user’s webcam and screen. Facebook says it also intends to expand shopping support in Instagram Stories.
New Report Says Chinese AI is Rich in Funding but Short on Talents
The country is aiming to build the world’s top hub for AI innovations and talents, and yesterday, prestigious Tsinghua University issued a progress report. The 2018 China Artificial Intelligence Development Report provides an insightful, data-intensive overview of the current status of AI in China.
India and South Korea Sign MoUs on Science & Innovation Technologies
The Government of India announced today that it has signed five memorandums of understanding (MoU) with South Korea to strengthen bilateral ties in the development of innovative technologies. The agreements were concluded at the Fourth India-Korea Science & Technology Ministers Steering Committee Meeting this week in New Delhi.
Microsoft Industrial IoT: Five Use Cases
We tend to notice the AI that’s in our smartphones, powering our home assistants or piloting self-driving cars. But there is another tech revolution going on — out of sight for most of us — wherein AI and robotics are reinventing entire factories and industrial processes.
Cleaning-Robot Maker ECOVACS Goes Public on Shanghai Stock Exchange
Suzhou-based Ecovacs Robotics debuted on the Shanghai Stock Exchange today. The floor sweeping and window cleaning robot company issued 40.1 million shares at US $3.13 per share, and plans to use the funds raised via its IPO to produce four million home service robots, build an IoT ecosystem, and expand into the global market.
Tencent Launches Super Brain Platform and “Three Nets” Strategy
In his keynote at the Tencent Cloud Service Summit 2018 in Guangzhou today, Tencent Founder and CEO Pony Ma introduced his company’s new Super Brain platform and a Three Nets cloud concept comprising the “Internet of Things,” “Internet of Humans” and “Internet of Intelligence.”
China’s 350 kph Self-Driving Train Gets Ready to Hit the Rails
On April 29th, the Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) of China’s State Council announced that China Railway Signal & Communication Corp (CRSC) had completed lab testing of their high-speed rail self-driving system (C3 + ATO)…
Strengthening AI R&D Among China’s 2018 Innovation Goals
Chinese Premier Keqiang Li delivered this year’s official government work report, identifying “reinforcing the new generation of artificial intelligence research and development” among the state’s innovation focuses for 2018.
CES 2018 Just Got AI’ed
Algorithms are taking center stage at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2018, as exhibitors strive to out “smart” each other with AI-powered gadgets and appliances.
Hosting Robot Brains on the Cloud
The anticipated 2020 deployment of 5G networks will effect a tenfold speed increase compared to 4G LTE, creating an environment favourable for the mass integration of various robots into an AI-powered cloud. Beijing-based CloudMinds wants to create such a cloud.
Computer Vision Startup CloudWalk Collects US$375 Million
Heavy investments in computer vision will energize the IoT revolution that is rapidly building smart city infrastructures all across Asia.
Alibaba Pumps US$15 Billion into Quantum Computing & AI
Alibaba Group announced its new DAMO (Dharma) Academy for fundamental and disruptive technology research.
The Time to Marry AI May Come Soon
Dr. Eisaku Maeda, the director of NTT Communication Science Laboratories, was recently interviewed by The Huffington Post, sharing his opinions on AI.