Huawei turns to AI pig farming as the Chinese tech giant explores new growth areas outside smartphones

  • Huawei said it is launching an artificial intelligence pig farming project amid ongoing US sanctions that have hammered its smartphone business
  • Other tech giants, including JD.com, NetEase, and Alibaba, have all sought to bring new tech to pig farming in China, home to half the world’s live hogs

Huawei, the world’s largest telecoms equipment maker, has announced a new smart pig farming project involving artificial intelligence amid US sanctions that have hammered its smartphone business. Photo: Reuters

Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies Co launched an artificial intelligence pig farming project on Monday as the company pushes into new growth areas while its smartphone business struggles under continued US trade sanctions.

Duan Aijun, president of Huawei’s machine vision business, made the announcement on the microblogging site Weibo without elaborating.

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