Simbo.ai launches AI voice API platform; Baidu to list in Hong Kong

#India #healthcare - SimboAlpha, a voice-based doctor assistant that creates Electronic Medical Record (EMR) documentation using AI, has announced the launch of SimboAlpha, its flagship cloud-based API platform, which allows electronic medical record providers, health app providers, and hospital chains to bring smart voice-based EMR to their  doctors. (Economic Times)

#India #robotics - Addverb Technologies, one of India’s biggest Automation and Robotics companies, has launched its INR 75 crore ($13.9m) manufacturing facility in Noida. The company said that the facility has a capacity to manufacture more than 50,000 robots of varied types in a year. (India TV News)

#SouthKorea #senorcare -  Mobile carrier SK Telecom has aggressively adopted new technologies, released a 24-hour service that responds to emergency requests from senior customers, based on its AI voice assistant platform. (AJU Daily)

#Japan #AVs - Honda Motor Co. said Thursday it will start offering from Friday the revamped Legend sedan in Japan equipped with “level-3” autonomous technology as the auto industry faces intensifying competition to develop driverless vehicles and a collision-free society. (Japan Times)

#China #HongKong #Baidu - Chinese search engine giant Baidu Inc. has secured approval from the Hong Kong stock exchange for a second listing in the city. Nasdaq-listed Baidu plans to launch its share sale as soon as next week, while the offering could raise at least $3.5 billion. (Bloomberg)

#China #US #AIrace - The AI boom isn’t slowing down just yet. New statistics from the fourth annual AI Index report, collated with the help of Stanford University, show the number of research publications continuing to grow in 2020, as China collects more citations than United States for the first time. (The Verge)

#Canada #China #US #Huawei - A lawyer for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou accused former U.S. president Donald Trump of co-opting her extradition proceedings in an effort to use her as leverage in trade negotiations with China. (The Star)

#China #TheNetherlands #semiconductors - ASML Holding NV has extended a deal to sell chip manufacturing equipment to Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, China’s largest chipmaker, until the end of this year, the Dutch company said in a statement on Wednesday. (Reuters)

#Singapore #law - The Law Reform Committee (LRC) of the Singapore Academy of Law (SAL) established a Subcommittee on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence to consider and make recommendations regarding the application of the law to AI systems. (National Law Review)

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