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China kicks off largest AI conference in Shanghai amid tech rivalry with US
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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.
More than 500 enterprises are expected to take part in this year’s conference, with the leaders of major tech companies expected to speak at the event.
A prominent invited speaker is billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk – the chief executive of Tesla and Space Exploration Technologies, as well as executive chairman of X, formerly Twitter – who last year extolled China in a live-streamed speech at WAIC as “being great at anything it puts its mind into”, including AI.
SenseTime’s Hong Kong-listed shares on Wednesday closed 17.39 per cent higher to HK$1.62.
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While LLMs are expected to remain a hot topic at this year’s conference, a number of Chinese semiconductor developers could potentially steal the thunder from other WAIC exhibitors.
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