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Briefing
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- AI Training Program – Artificial intelligence expert Kai-Fu Lee launched new annual program in China designed to train 100 professors from Chinese science and engineering schools on AI and machine learning teaching techniques
- Kai-Fu Lee Background – Former executive at Silicon Graphics, Apple, Google and Microsoft, and founder of AI-focused investment firm Sinovation Ventures that invests in Chinese and U.S. AI companies
- Student Development – As part of program, Lee and other AI experts will also train 300 top students in China on artificial intelligence
- Supporters – Include Sinovation’s AI Institute, University of Peking, China’s Ministry of Education, and American AI experts, such as Cornell professor John Hopcroft and Google AI researcher Geoff Hinton
- Intended Outcome – Aims to expand China’s labor pool of programmers with artificial intelligence experience and expertise
- Aligned with Government Objectives – Program aligned with Chinese government’s Next Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Plan, announced in July 2017, which seeks to boost nation’s economy, military and society with artificial intelligence technologies
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Accelerator
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Market Disruption
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Business Model and Practices
Business Model
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Sector
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Education, Information Technology
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Organization
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Sinovation North America Inc.
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Source
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Original Publication Date
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April 5, 2018
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