Tsinghua AI Association of International Students (TAIS) news roundup 13 November
China has caught up to the U.S. in AI, says Kai-Fu Lee from the venture capital firm Sinovation. “China has — thanks to data, AI, and the entrepreneur ecosystem — rapidly evolved from a copycat into a true innovator,” he said. [Forbes]
China said it has built close to 700,000 5G base stations this year, exceeding its original target of half a million, as the country continues to push ahead with ambitions to lead in the next generation of ultra-fast wireless technology, and in cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, 5G and Internet of Things (IOT). [South China Morning Post]
Hi-tech innovation for a post-pandemic world took centre stage in China’s biggest technology show, which kicked off its five-day run in Shenzhen on Wednesday, as the country’s economic recovery gains momentum. This year’s fair presented a range of AI, robotics, 5G and smart city applications. [Yahoo News]
Shenzhen said in August that it will be the first metropolis in China with a fully developed 5G network and has built more than 46,000 cell towers. “Previously, workers needed about three days to complete a checklist of 1,300 points. With 5G and artificial intelligence, the inspection is completed in just one hour,” Xie Zhiyi, manager of the Pengcheng substation which provides 20% of Shenzhen’s daily electricity consumption, said. [China Certification]
OthersideAI raises $2.6M to let GPT-3 write your emails for you. “We built a cold email thing with it, but then we thought — that might be the business we should be pursuing,” said CEO Matt Shumer. “So we decided to go all in.” [TechCrunch]
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