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China has created a new specialist committee on artificial intelligence (AI), as part of the country’s vision for the development and governance of the technology, amid simmering tensions between Beijing and Washington. The AI Experts Committee will help spearhead efforts to promote the country’s perspective on how the fast-growing technology should be governed, according to […]
The AI startup company Prosocial Intelligence has confirmed its acquisition by Ant Group. The company will operate independently, but the investors have already exited. There are reports that Ant Group has recently established a reinforcement learning laboratory, and Wu Yi, the founder of Prosocial Intelligence, has joined as the chief scientist of the laboratory. Wu […]
Jeremy Allaire, CEO of the USDC stablecoin issuer Circle, said Hong Kong is becoming an increasingly important market for settlements as stablecoins become a critical part of that infrastructure. “In emerging and developing markets … there are importers who are importing out of Asia, and a lot of the trade flow is settled through Hong […]
China’s World Internet Conference (WIC), an annual event that promotes the Chinese model and concept of internet governance, will focus on artificial intelligence (AI) this year, as Beijing seeks a greater role in the global governance of AI. The event, also known as the Wuzhen Summit, will run from November 19-22 under the theme of […]