China kicks off largest AI conference in Shanghai as tech rivalry with the US heats up

China kicks off largest AI conference in Shanghai as tech rivalry with the US heats up

On Monday, the UN General Assembly unanimously adopted a China-led resolution that calls on the international community to create a “free, open, inclusive and non-discriminatory” business environment among wealthy and developing nations for AI development. Elon Musk speaks at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on August 29, 2019. Photo: Reuters More than 500 … Read more

Chinese AI giant SenseTime suspends trading as shares surge more than 30% after launch of updated large language model

Chinese AI giant SenseTime suspends trading as shares surge more than 30% after launch of updated large language model

“In our pursuit to push the boundaries of SenseNova’s capabilities, SenseTime remains guided by the Scaling Law as we build upon our large [language] model based on this three-tier architecture: knowledge, reasoning and execution,” said Li, referring to expanding the LLM’s size by increasing its parameter count to boost its learning and generalisation capacity. SenseTime … Read more