AI still 'has a long way to go'

New technology to integrate deeper and deeper into various industries, say top experts

Development of the artificial intelligence industry still has a long way to go before it can become "real intelligence" and be applied in various sectors, industry experts and market insiders said.

"At the present time, AI is still at the stage of machine learning. It is now driven by data," said Zhang Zhengyou, director of AI Lab &Robotics X at internet conglomerate Tencent.