Cyberport may add some graphics processing units (GPUs) made in China to its Artificial Intelligence Supercomputing Centre in Hong Kong, as the government-run incubator seeks to reduce its reliance on Nvidia chips amid worsening China-US relations, its chief executive said. Cyberport has bought four GPUs made by four different mainland Chinese chipmakers and has been…
A new drone pilot project has cut the delivery time for urgent medical supplies to a Hong Kong hospital on an outlying island by two-thirds, from 65 minutes via ferry to 20 minutes by air. The project, part of the low-altitude economy regulatory sandbox launched by the government in March, was a collaboration between the…
Hong Kong is set to sign a deal with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) on Monday to pave the way for sharing relevant court judgments with the United Nations agency, the city’s finance chief has revealed. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po on Sunday also highlighted the importance of intellectual property as an emerging high-value…
Seven major insurers, including AIA, AXA and HSBC Life, on Monday signed a pledge and joined a Hong Kong Insurance Authority programme to promote the adoption of artificial intelligence in the sector to enhance the city as a regional AI hub. FWD, Prudential, YF Life, and China Taiping Insurance (HK) also signed the pledge during…
Baidu’s Apollo Go robotaxi service has racked up 20,000 kilometres of “safe driving” in Hong Kong road tests, the company said on Saturday, as the city expands driverless vehicle trial areas in efforts to develop the sector. The mileage was completed during trials in Hong Kong’s Northern Lantau and Tung Chung areas since receiving the…
Baidu’s Apollo Go robotaxi service has racked up 20,000 kilometres of “safe driving” in Hong Kong road tests, the company said on Saturday, as the city expands driverless vehicle trial areas in efforts to develop the sector. The mileage was completed during trials in Hong Kong’s Northern Lantau and Tung Chung areas since receiving the…
Hong Kong is ramping up efforts to develop driverless vehicle services by launching a trial at Cyberport and expanding an initiative at the West Kowloon arts hub following road tests in other areas. The Transport Department said on Thursday that mainland Chinese tech giant Baidu was also interested in applying to test autonomous vehicles in…
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Pavegen, a UK-based clean technology company pioneering energy and data generation, on July 29 announced it has been selected to deliver a flagship installation at Cyberport 5, part of the HK$3.7 billion ($472 million) expansion of Cyberport, Hong Kong’s government-owned Innovation & Technology (I&T) hub. Installation is scheduled for September, ahead of the site’s full…
The competition, titled “AI for All”, will run through September and features 17 tracks, including automobile, tourism, cross-border e-commerce, smart agriculture, and market regulation. Hosted by the Guangxi regional government, the kick-off took place simultaneously in eight cities: Guangxi’s capital Nanning, Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Bangkok, and Kuala Lumpur. “Hong Kong’s AI ecosystem…