Didi Labs opens its doors in the US

Didi Chuxing, China's largest ride-hailing company, has officially launched Didi Labs in Mountain View, California, which will be focused on artificial intelligence-based security and intelligent driving technologies.

The lab will be led by Gong Fengmin, vice-president of Didi research institute. Dozens of leading data scientists and researchers have joined the team, including Charlie Miller, a key member of rival firm Uber Technologies Inc's self-driving team, according to Didi.

Didi said its current projects cover cloud-based security, deep learning, human-machine interaction, computer vision and imaging, as well as intelligent driving technologies.