Some manufacturers of Bitcoin mining machines in China are now ramping up efforts to manufacture AI chips amid an intensified nationwide crackdown against cryptocurrency mining-related businesses. Canaan, a major Chinese maker of Bitcoin mining machines, announced this weekend at the 2021 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai the release of the Kendryte K510, an independently […]
Chinese tech giant Baidu spins off $2 billion AI chip unit, gears up for homegrown production amid fierce competition
Chinese search giant Baidu Inc has confirmed that its artificial intelligence (AI) chip unit Kunlun has been spun off as an independent company with a valuation of 13 billion yuan ($2 billion), underscoring the Chinese internet giant’s ambition in developing and commercializing its in-house chipsets amid growing industry competition. Ouyang Jian, the chief architect of […]
yellow.ai Launches AI Bots and Chat in Malaysia
yellow.ai, the world’s leading Conversational CX Automation Platform announced the launch of Voice AI bots on its platform, in addition to the existing channels of text automation. Having worked with over 109 brands in the region, yellow.ai offers enterprise-grade chat and voice bots, weaving in the best of AI and Human intelligence to deliver highly […]
VMware Innovations Drive Adoption of Emerging Technologies to Power Malaysia’s Innovation Ecosystem
VMware announced innovations to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies for businesses as they pivot towards Malaysia’s growing innovation economy. VMware vSphere Bitfusion – is developed out of VMware’s 2019 acquisition of Bitfusion, a pioneer in the virtualization of hardware accelerator resources including graphics processor unit (GPU) technology. With […]
China looks to AI future as subways adopt facial recognition technology
The southern Chinese city of Shenzhen has launched a facial recognition system for entry to its subway system, joining a number of other centres throughout the country embracing the technology. Read more https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3029874/china-looks-ai-future-subways-adopt-facial-recognition SOURCE: South China Morning Post
Tun M meets Robot Sophia
It’s not every day that you see the normally garrulous MalaysianPrime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speechless, but that is exactly what happened when he met Sophia for the first time. The 94-year-old seemed at a loss for words when he was faced with the “social humanoid” robot. To read more https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3019011/when-mahathir-met-sophia-malaysian-pm-tongue-tied-hong SOURCE: South China Morning Post
AI outlook from business leaders
The World Artificial Intelligence Conference, which opened on September 17 in Shanghai, invited top executives from global tech companies to show how AI boosts economy and changes people’s life. Watch the video https://www.shine.cn/biz/tech/1809262743/ SOURCE: SHINE
Machine learning, AI top professionals’ reskilling list
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are the most widely chosen domains for reskilling among working tech professionals in India, according to the findings of education technology company Simplilearn. Read the full story at https://www.thehindu.com/business/machine-learning-ai-top-professionals-reskilling-list/article24484161.ece Source: The Hindu
Will do best to maintain integrity of upcoming elections around the world: Facebook CEO Zuckerberg to US lawmakers
“2018 is an important year for the whole world. Several countries like India, Brazil, Mexico, Pakistan and Hungary will have elections. We’ll do everything possible to ensure these elections are safe,” Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg said. Watch the video at https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/04/10/zuckerberg-one-of-greatest-regrets-was-handling-of-russian-information-operations.html SOURCE: CNBC
AI software differentiates between extremist propaganda and news
The company behind an artificial intelligence algorithm designed to identify extremist videos says the programme could stop Islamic State video being uploaded to the internet. Stuart McDill reports. Watch the video at https://reut.rs/2sIkjcO SOURCE: Reuters