Good morning Here's your Thursday edition of Asia AI News! Not a great deal of AI news today. However
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June 11 · Issue #255 · View online |
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Good morning Here’s your Thursday edition of Asia AI News! Not a great deal of AI news today. However, our top story today is the new ‘Global AI Talent Tracker’ research from MacroPolo, an in-house think tank of the Paulson Institute, The report aims to assess the current state of international competition for AI research talent, finding (to noone’s surprise) that China is a major source of AI research talent. The key finding in MacroPolo’s research confirms what many tech leaders have said all along, that the big lead that the United States has in AI research is built on importing researchers. More than two-thirds of top-tier AI researchers working in the U.S. having received undergraduate degrees in other countries, with China as the largest source of top-tier researchers. Scroll down for this and a few other stories. Have a great day and stay safe! /Carrington
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America’s got AI talent, but its big lead is built on importing researchers
#China #US #AIrace - China is the largest source of top-tier researchers, with 29% of these researchers having received undergraduate degrees in China, according to think tank MacroPolo. But the majority of those Chinese researchers (56%) go on to study, work, and live in the United States. (MacroPolo)
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Microsoft’s venture fund M12 opens India office
#India #funding - M12 invests in disruptive enterprise software startups in Series A through C funding stages, targeting local and cross-border solutions. The office will pursue investment opportunities across the region, focusing on B2B software startups in areas of applied AI, business applications, infrastructure, security, and vanguard technologies. (LiveMint)
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Short-video site to build data center in northern China
#China #investment - Kuaishou, a Chinese leading short-video and live streaming platform, has announced that it plans to build a data center in Ulanqab City in the country’s northern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. This followed a government pledge to develop new infrastructure across the country. (Xinhua)
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APAC set to emerge as epicenter for artificial intelligence growth, says GlobalData
#APAC #AIrace - Supportive government framework and policies are expected to enable the Asia-Pacific region to emerge as the global epicenter for the growth of AI, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. (CXO Today)
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