Alibaba Cloud and partners to deepen AI work

Source: Xinhua | 2017-12-21

ALIBABA’S cloud computing unit today signed deals with established partners to deepen collaboration in artificial intelligence to better serve the real economy.

“Artificial intelligence should be better combined with industries to solve issues in the real economy and to lead the next wave of industrial revolution,” said Alibaba Cloud president Hu Xiaoming.

“We want to push forward the applications of artificial intelligence technologies in a wide number of areas,” he said at the Cloud Computing Conference today.

Alibaba Cloud’s partners include China Telecom, Xinhua Bookstore and Beijing Capital International Airport.

China is also seeking to improve the AI technology in the next three years and to apply applications widely in multiple areas ranging from smart automobiles to robots and drones.

Alibaba Cloud also unveiled an AI program tailored for the aviation, financial and retail industries yesterday.

Its AI solution for the financial industry could help evaluate the credibility status of companies and enhance risk control measures.