Beijing has announced the formation of a new artificial intelligence standardisation technical committee, Reuters reports. The committee will establish industry guidelines for emerging technologies such as large language models and AI risk assessment. As per the wire, the 41-member committee, which includes representatives from prominent tech firms like Baidu and prestigious academic institutions such as…
Chinese authorities have informally advised local companies to use domestic-made artificial intelligence (AI) chips over those from Nvidia, according to two sources familiar with the matter, as alternative suppliers on the mainland look to catch up with the US tech giant. While there is no official ban on Nvidia’s China-tailored H20 graphics processing unit (GPU),…
Kai-Fu Lee, the former president of Google China, predicts that AI-powered applications will gain widespread adoption in China more quickly than in the US. While Chinese AI models currently lag behind the US by about six months, they could soon surpass them in terms of usage. According to Lee, some of China’s less advanced AI…