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Chinese smartphone giant Oppo, PolyU to launch joint AI research centre in Hong Kong

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Chinese smartphone giant Oppo, PolyU to launch joint AI research centre in Hong Kong

Oppo last Friday pledged no less than 30 million yuan (US$4.2 million) in funding over the next five years to deepen collaborative efforts with PolyU on AI imaging technology, as well as for expanding the scale of co-training for PhD and postdoctoral researchers. “The research centre’s primary goal is to [nurture] talent,” Zhang Lei, chair … Read more

‘Shining on international stage’: Chinese developers of OpenAI’s text-to-video generator Sora receive acclaim at home

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‘Shining on international stage’: Chinese developers of OpenAI’s text-to-video generator Sora receive acclaim at home

At least two Chinese developers involved in building Sora, the newly released text-to-video generator from ChatGPT creator OpenAI, have received acclaim on the mainland for their efforts, showing how the advanced generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology has ignited interest across the country where the Microsoft-backed start-up’s services are not officially available. Unveiled by OpenAI on … Read more