According to a recent press release, “Accenture has formed a strategic alliance with and made a minority investment in Malong Technologies, an artificial intelligence (AI) start-up headquartered in Shenzhen, China. Malong has been recognized by global companies and organizations and analyst firms as an AI pioneer and innovation leader. Through the alliance, Accenture’s Applied Intelligence […]
Gridsum and Peking University Law School Establish Legal AI Lab and Research Institute
by Angela Guess A recent press release reports, “Gridsum Holding Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based big-data analytics and artificial intelligence solutions in China, today announced that it has partnered with Peking University Law School to establish the Peking University Legal AI Lab and Research Institute (the ‘Legal AI Lab’) to focus on the analysis, […]
Remark Media Partners with Alibaba Cloud to Introduce AI-Based Technologies
by Angela Guess A new press release reports, “Remark Media, a global digital media technology company, announced it has been chosen by Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group, to provide its artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to Alibaba Cloud’s extensive developer network. As part of the partnership, Remark Media will provide its advanced […]
China Wants to Build a Big Data “Smart Ocean”
According to PRNewswire, China, on its way of implementing the strategy of building a maritime power, is endeavoring to promoting the development of maritime big data and building of “Smart Ocean”. The 2016 China Qingdao International Ocean Summit Forum was held in Qingdao on September 26th. Experts participating expressed that big data is the emerging […]
Why IoT Entrepreneurs are Flocking to Shenzhen
by Angela Guess Falguni Desai recently wrote in Forbes, “The IoT sector has found its center of gravity in a city far away from Silicon Valley, in the bustling, southern Chinese Special Economic Zone of Shenzhen. The Tier 2 China city with a population of approximately 14 million is located 40km north of Hong Kong. […]
China is Using Machine Learning to Identify “Precrime”
by Angela Guess Sean Gallagher reports in Ars Technica, “It’s ‘precrime’ meets ‘thoughtcrime.’ China is using its substantial surveillance apparatus as the basis for a ‘unified information environment’ that will allow authorities to profile individual citizens based upon their online behaviors, financial transactions, where they go, and who they see. The authorities are watching for […]