Beijing AI startup pioneers deep learning technology

Artificial intelligence remains one of the world's fastest-growing areas of industrial development, highlighted again in March when Google Inc's computer program AlphaGo beat the South Korean champion Lee Se-dol at Go, the ancient board game.

And the rapid success of one Beijing startup illustrates just how the specialist sector is now being applied across an increasing number of different application fields.

Officials at SenseTime Group Ltd (Beijing) said the company is developing AI technology for some of the country's fastest-growing firms, in sectors including security and surveillance, finance, education and robotics.