Alibaba DAMO Academy predicts top 10 technology trends

KUALA LUMPUR: Alibaba’s global research programme Alibaba DAMO Academy has published its ‘Top 10 Technology Trends in 2019’ predictions which are expected to accelerate the pace of technology revolution.

The technologies include speech intelligence technology, autonomous driving, blockchain and data-protection technologies.

In a statement, it said more resources will be allocated to technologies powering intelligent cities and their applications, while a city simulation model reflecting real-time impulses and movements of a physical city can be built to facilitate the optimisation of city governance.

The global research programme also mentioned the rise of specialised artificial intelligence chips, super-large graph neural networks which will equip machines with common sense, the restructuring of computing architecture and fifth-generation wireless technology (5G) networks that will enable new applications.

“5Gwillseeasignificantincrease of wireless bandwidth, enhancing the peak speed of 4G network by nearly 100 times,” it said.

Its predictions include digital identity which will become a second identity card, more prudent developments in autonomous vehicles, deployment of more blockchain applications as well as data-protection technologies. Governments around the world intend to enact or will implement more stringent policies and regulations on data security, while corporates will need to invest more in protecting individual data privacy,” the academy said. — Bernama