Why does Davos talk about artificial intelligence?

At the 218 World Economic Forum (Davos Forum), topics related to artificial intelligence ran through the four-day forum agenda. Machine learning, big data, autonomous driving and robots are set as the themes of several sub-forums.

Among them, China's science and technology companies have received extensive attention. Alibaba, Baidu and JD.COM participated in several official forums in Davos to discuss the promotion of technology to business; Besides the official agenda, China has also become a social star. In the guest list of banquets hosted by Alibaba and JD.COM, there are many top global technology giants such as Microsoft founder Bill Gates.

Hu Xiaoming, president of Alibaba Cloud, said in an interview with Xinhua News Agency during the forum that at this Davos annual meeting, the "interest" of foreign entrepreneurs in China enterprises lies not only in commodity trading, but also in the application and management of technology. "Foreign entrepreneurs are increasingly interested in the digital transformation of China enterprises, and China's digital development experience is a concern of the world."

According to Xinhua News Agency, Chen Shengqiang, CEO of Jingdong Finance, pointed out during the forum that four years ago, many start-up technology companies in the United States and Europe far exceeded their counterparts in China. "And today,? At least at the level of AI and big data, China's technology companies have been at the forefront of the world. "

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Apart from China companies, Davos is also a stage for global political and business leaders to show their scientific and technological ambitions.

During the Davos Forum, French President Macron and Google CEO Sundar pichai? Pichai）? After the talks, it was reached that Google will set up an AI basic research center in Paris, focusing on automatic learning, language, machine vision and other technologies to improve health and environmental issues.

In Paris, Google currently has 7 employees. Pichai has repeatedly stressed that it will continue to expand the recruitment scale, hoping that the number of employees in Paris will reach 1, and four branches will be opened.

Facebook beat Google by setting up an AI lab in Paris, which is the first AI company in France. Facebook? COO Sandberg and Macron have agreed to allocate a budget of $12.2 million for scholarships of public institutions and support for servers and open source data sets; And by 222, the scale of the existing AI laboratory will be doubled, and 3 doctoral positions in Paris will be added.