Good morning, Here's your Friday edition of Asia AI News! A very mixed bag of news today, from autono
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November 29 · Issue #135 · View online |
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Good morning, Here’s your Friday edition of Asia AI News! A very mixed bag of news today, from autonomous taxis to construction robots. Not to mention that the president of Indonesia seems to want to replace two levels of civil servants with AI. TGIF! /Carrington
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How China's Greater Bay Area initiative will create a testbed for AI and decentralised tech industry
#China #digitaleconomy - With a combined GDP of over $1.6 trillion, and a population of nearly 70 million, the Greater Bay Area (GBA) is perhaps the best contender in becoming Asia’s version of both Silicon Valley and Wall Street. (E27)
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Corporate travel AI innovator Tripeur raises $1 million to fuel growth
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WeRide kicks off a robotaxi pilot program in Guangzhou
#China #robotaxis - Self-driving startup WeRide on Thursday began piloting a robotaxi service using a fleet of Nissan cars in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou. A fleet of 20 Nissan’s fully electric vehicles (EV) offered rides in an area 144.7 square kilometers (around 55.8 square miles) in the city’s eastern Huangpu and Guangzhou Development districts. (TechNode)
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Hyundai E&C to introduce AI robots at construction sites
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KT launches 5G and AI-based OTT service to survive fierce competition
#SouthKorea #OTT - To survive the fierce competition in South Korea’s over-the-top video-on-demand market, KT Corporation has launched a new mobile video content service, promising to provide differentiated high-quality content and high-definition images using 5G and artificial intelligence technologies. (Aju Daily)
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Indonesia to replace ministerial aides with AI
#Indonesia #government - President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said the government will replace some civil service positions with AI, instructing ministers to remove two ranks of public servants in a move to improve government efficiency. (The Jakarta Post)
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Chinese airports are embracing AI and automation
#China #airports - A report published by SITA, 2019 China IT Insights, has revealed that 88 per cent of airports and airlines are intending on planning or researching and developing major AI programmes by 2022, with a focus on virtual agents and chatbots. (IAR)
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The ‘world’s first’ AI news anchor goes live in China
#China #media - China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency has launched an aAI anchor, a move it claims to be a world first. Modeled on the agency’s Zhang Zhao presenter, the new anchor learns from live videos and is able to work 24 hours a day, reporting via social media and on the Xinhua website. (Daily Star)
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VIDEO: Beijing upset after Trump signs Hong Kong Human Rights act (CNN)
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Asian shares waver, Hong Kong tensions spoil festive mood after upbeat U.S. data
#China #US #tradedeal - A four-day rally that had lifted world stocks to near-record highs stalled on Thursday after China said it would retaliate for U.S. legislation backing Hong Kong’s protesters, leaving investors concerned as to the extent of the Chinese response. (Reuters)
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'Phase one' deal unlikely to be a real victory for China or the US, economist says
#China #US #tradedeal - Keyu Jin, associate professor of economics at London School of Economics, describes the phase one agreement as a “face deal” that would allow both sides to say they’ve made some progress. However, Jin says that its a big gift for President Trump because we’ve seen the stock markets rally, but unless old tariffs can be rolled back, it won’t really bee seen as a victory for China. (CNBC)
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Huawei CEO speaks out about US ban
#China #US #Huaweiban - Huawei was about to overtake Samsung as the top seller of smartphones this year, when the company was put on the trade blacklist by the US government due to national security concerns. In an interview with CNN, Ren Zhengfei decided to break the silence and address the issue implying that the the US has treated Huawei unfairly. (PanDaily)
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