India to use swarm drones; US blocks Intel sales to Huawei

#China #AVs - Shenzhen-based self-driving technology startup DeepRoute AI showcased innovative technologies at the 2021 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), including an inference engine, DeepRoute-Engine, its second-generation all-in-one sensing solution, and human-like planning. (Economic Times)

#Japan #Vietnam #startups - AI Inside, a Japanese startup that helps companies convert paper documents into electronic data using artificial intelligence, is entering Vietnam after the COVID-19 pandemic boosted business in its home market. (Asia Nikkei)

#China #UK #SmartCities - Founded by Cambridge University graduate Heba Bevan in 2013, UtterBerry produces small, lightweight smart sensors that operate on low power. Its sensors are used to monitor large-scale infrastructure projects by London Underground, Crossrail, Thames Tideway and Network Rail. (The Week)

#India #SmartCities - In each of the 100 Smart Cities across the country, the appointed City Data Officer (CDO) is currently undergoing a six-week training by the Centre’s Smart Cities Mission and Tata Trusts to reimagine how data and information can solve local issues. (Indian Express)

#India #SmartCities - In a remarkable feat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency Varanasi has bagged the first position among the 100 smart cities of the country in project implementation on the basis of completed and progressive ongoing projects. (Times of India)

#India #Budget2021 - The 2021 budget is an opportunity for Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to unleash an employment and productivity multiplier through generous funding of data science, funnelled to research and commercial data centres. (Economic Times)

#India #drones - India on Friday for the first time demonstrated its intent to deploy drone swarms for offensive military operations in the future, including Kamikaze kinetic attacks on enemy targets like tanks, helipads, radar, fuel dumps and terror camps by “child” drones released by by “mother” drones. (Times of India)

#China #US #Huaweiban - The U.S. government notified several of Huawei Technologies Co.’s suppliers that it’s revoking their licenses to work with the Chinese company and rejecting other applications in the last days of Donald Trump’s presidency, Reuters reported. (Bloomberg)

#China #AI - China’s government in 2017 that it intends to become the world leader in AI by 2030, and has since poured billions of dollars into AI projects and research across academia, government, and private industry. (The Mandarin)

#China #2021 - China has the only economy thought to have grown GDP in 2020 and rising incomes are expected to lead to a rise in demand for premium goods and services. Meanwhile, Southeast Asia is on the cusp of a technology-driven consumption boom. (WEF)

#China #US #AIrace - In an interview with WIRED, former secretary of defense Ash Carter discussed how to build morality into AI—and make sure other countries do too. (WIRED)

#China #UAE #Covid19 - On December 9, the UAE became the first country in the world to approve a Chinese vaccine when Emirati officials authorized a product developed by China National Pharmaceutical Group Corporation, better known as Sinopharm. (The Diplomat)

#Brazil #China #Huawei - Brazil’s government will not seek to bar Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co Ltd from 5G network auctions slated for June this year, newspaper Estado de S. Paulo reported on Saturday, citing government and industry sources. (Reuters)

#SouthKorea #deepfakes - Following a heated scandal over Luda, a chatbot that ended up being unplugged amid controversies over its hypersexualisation and unfiltered comments on sexual minorities, South Korea faces another socio-technological issue on how to tackle artificial intelligence technology that targets real, living celebrities as victims of deepfake porn. (The Star)

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