Shanghai sets sights high for AI

Shanghai is looking to build itself into a national hub for artificial intelligence and will sharpen its focus on the sector's basic research, pilot zones, policies and talents to bolster that goal.

The announcement was made by Li Qiang, Shanghai's Party secretary, on Monday, when he addressed the 2018 World Artificial Intelligence Conference that brought together leading academicians and entrepreneurs from home and abroad in the AI realm.

The city should focus on basic AI research in brain science and general intelligence, while accelerating breakthroughs in core technologies such as intelligent sensing, Li said.