Shanghai hosting world-class AI match

Shanghai is sharpening its focus on applying artificial intelligence to a growing number of real-life scenarios by hosting a world-class AI competition whose winners will be announced in September.

A three-month competition, the 2018 AIWin, is ongoing from June to August, during which AI specialists on robotics, machine-human interface, medical innovation and autonomous driving are sharing their research and exploring the possibilities for a wider variety of applications.

According to Chen Mingbo, director of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology, the conference reflects the city's broader ambition to become the national leader in the AI sector, which had an output of 70 billion yuan ($10.2 billion) last year.