Ports, logistics to benefit
AI is already being used in various sectors of daily life, such as driverless trucks in ports, AI “doctors” working 24 hours and a “brain” to analyze data to help fight financial fraud and control traffic in railway stations, Shanghai Daily learned through a media tour of WAIC.
The World Artificial Intelligence Conference will officially open today and it serves as a global platform for topics and exhibition on artificial intelligence.
More than 200 speakers, such as top government officials, business executives and researchers including Turing Award winners, will share their opinions in over 30 AI forums during the three-day event. A total of over 150 exhibitors, including Alibaba, Amazon, Huawei, Microsoft and Tencent, along with promising startups, will offer visitors immersive AI interactive displays. The applications of AI are expected to boost the economy and change people’s lives in the transport, finance, retail, health care, smart manufacturing, education and service industries, organizers said. SELF-DRIVING trucks adopting AI technologies in visual recognition, environment detection and extreme precision positioning are being used in ports, helping to save labor cost and improve work efficiency for logistic firms and the ports.
The “heart” of the truck is an AI-featured chip, which is developed by a Shanghaibased startup Westwell.
The startup, which just released self-driving brand Qomolo, has joined hands with three listed firms including Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co to adopt applications in ports including overseas.
Westwell focuses on helping firm to “land” AI technologies, said Tan Limin, the firm’s CEO.
Horizon Robotics and Cambricon are displaying latest AI chips in B2 Hall of WAIC.
Horizon’s strategy is to focus on applying chips featuring AI in smart driving and smart city.