Tencent to train next AI giants in China

The global war for top artificial intelligence (AI) talent has just intensified as Chinese technology company Tencent made a move to train the next AI giants in China.

The company announced on Friday the launch of its AI accelerator, a program involves resources to help AI entrepreneurs escalate their game.

Following the recent innovation trend of AI development in China, Tencent will provide 25 projects with a six months training with resources not only in technology but markets and finance as well.

The projects were selected among thousands of submissions after a three-month period and focus on auto-pilot, space orientation, translating assistant and more.

The global war for top artificial intelligence (AI) talent has just intensified as Chinese technology company Tencent made a move to train the next AI giants in China.

The company announced on Friday the launch of its AI accelerator, a program involves resources to help AI entrepreneurs escalate their game.

Following the recent innovation trend of AI development in China, Tencent will provide 25 projects with a six months training with resources not only in technology but markets and finance as well.

The projects were selected among thousands of submissions after a three-month period and focus on auto-pilot, space orientation, translating assistant and more.

Many big-name technology companies had already got involved with the innovation wave.

Baidu has poured 1.46 billion US dollars in AI research and development worldwide for its development in home voice control assistant, self-driving cars, and Baidu Cloud.

In March this year, ride share company Didi Chuxing launched its AI lab in Silicon Valley in the US to attract talents.

(CGTN)