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Boston startup using AI, remote monitoring to fight coronavirus
A Boston-based startup has been tapped to help doctors and researchers in Hong Kong combat the growing coronavirus outbreak. Biofourmis is using its wearable and artificial intelligence technology to aid with disease surveillance and to help researchers better understand the illness.
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Peter Thiel claims AI is “Leninist” and “literally communist” in a sprawling speech for a think tank
On November 13, noted vampire capitalist Peter Thiel gave a speech to donors at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research conservative think-tank on “The End of the Computer Age.
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Beijing’s AI dominance may depend on how many US-educated Chinese want to return home
This article is co-written by Coco Feng. After working in the US for more than a decade, Zheng Yefeng felt he had hit a glass ceiling. He also saw that the gap in AI between China and the US was narrowing.
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政府採人工智能所遇挑戰 (車品覺)
本文作者車品覺，為紅杉資本中國基金專家合夥人、阿里巴巴集團前副總裁，為《信報》撰寫專欄「全民大數據」。 政府部門對人工智能感到難以入手，主要障礙是人才與創新期望不配合。（Freepik網上圖片）
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China urged to step up research in AI race with the US
China risks a catastrophic loss in competitive advantage to the US in AI if it does not invest more in basic research, according to Peking University professor Wang Liwei.
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How A.I. Helped Improve Crowd Counting in Hong Kong Protests
Crowd estimates for Hong Kong’s large pro-democracy protests have been a point of contention for years. The organizers and the police often release vastly divergent estimates. This year’s annual pro-democracy protest on Monday, July 1, was no different.
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泰國政府與 Microsoft AI 合作改善環境衛生
公共衛生關係到市民的生活，也是國家機關非常重視的範疇。近年變得成熟的人工智能技術，也可以配合適當的應用方式協助相關機構作更有效管理。
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In brief: SoftBank to launch second AI fund of more than $55m
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