Tech giants rally to authorities' call
By Ma Si and Zhou Lanxu | China Daily | Updated: 2018-11-02 08:01
iFlytek chief says that leadership's emphasis on role of AI will put it on fast-growth track
Chinese tech heavyweights and startups said on Thursday that they will boost investment to promote original research and industrial applications of artificial intelligence, in response to the central authorities' call to build the nation into a leading AI power.
Liu Qingfeng, chairman and CEO of iFlytek, China's largest voice recognition company, said the top leadership's emphasis on AI's role in buoying overall social development will put it on a superfast-growth track.
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