China is on a mission to roll out AI in all walks of life, from catching jaywalkers and saving toilet paper by using facial recognition to more loftier applications such as self-driving cars and medical diagnosis. Photo: SCMP/Simon Song
China is on a mission to roll out AI in all walks of life, from catching jaywalkers and saving toilet paper by using facial recognition to more loftier applications such as self-driving cars and medical diagnosis. Photo: SCMP/Simon Song
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China’s AI research quickly catching up to US in this new metric: number of citations

  • China’s ambition is to create a domestic AI industry worth US$147 billion and become a global AI powerhouse by 2030

Sarah Dai
Sarah Dai

Updated: 10:42pm, 14 Mar, 2019

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China is on a mission to roll out AI in all walks of life, from catching jaywalkers and saving toilet paper by using facial recognition to more loftier applications such as self-driving cars and medical diagnosis. Photo: SCMP/Simon Song
China is on a mission to roll out AI in all walks of life, from catching jaywalkers and saving toilet paper by using facial recognition to more loftier applications such as self-driving cars and medical diagnosis. Photo: SCMP/Simon Song
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