Tencent releases open platform to help drive AI projects at other companies

Visitors walk past the exhibition booth of Tencent. The 2018 Smart China Expo, in theme of Smart Technology: Empowering economy, enriching life, opened at the Chongqing International Expo Centre in China’s Chongqing city on Friday Aug. 24, 2018. 24AUG18. Photo: Simon Song

Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings is looking to push its advances in artificial intelligence technology as the operating platform for other companies to pursue their own AI initiatives.

“There’s an immense market potential in helping companies and whole industries upgrade their capabilities with AI,” said Hou Xiaonan, the general manager of Tencent’s AI Open Platform and vice-president of its mobile internet group, at a forum on Tuesday under the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai.

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