Tsinghua AI Association of International Students (TAIS) news roundup 12 November
China aims to have vehicles with partial self-driving technology account for 50% of all new-auto sales by 2025, double its previous goal, as the country encourages local companies to pull ahead of the U.S. in the field. [Nikkei Asia]
On November 4, Shenzhen launched the construction of the Automatic Testing Center for Metro Center which is scheduled to be put into operation in June 2021. By then, Shenzhen’s metro line 20 is expected to become the city’s first fully-automated subway line, and metro line 12 and others will apply this new technology to improve the efficiency of urban rail transit. [Synced]
Zuo Hui is on a mission to bring transparency to China’s murky property market, where buyers must navigate fake listings and sometimes fraud. To pull this off, his KE Holdings Inc. uses a national chain of physical real estate offices that has been around for almost two decades, paired with a two-year-old digital platform that helps match buyers and sellers with artificial intelligence algorithms. [Bloomberg]
China must apply cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence if it wants to transform its military into a modern fighting force on a par with those of other leading powers, according to new guidelines and comments from senior leaders. The statements come from a booklet published this month by the state-run People’s Publishing House, in which senior officials, including Chinese President Xi Jinping, outlined the latest five-year plan for the country’s development. [South China Morning Post]
The company is continuing its investments in the health sector with a new partnership with the pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk for the development of an AI chatbot for diabetics in China. The chatbot combines Microsoft Azure technology, the tech giant’s cloud platform, with Novo Nordisk’s diabetes knowledge to help patients in their daily lives. [re:Jerusalem]
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Compiled by Nico Gous (nicogous@gmail.com / nico.gous@yahoo.com)
