Chinese AI applications now have bigger aims — they’re looking beyond chatbots
Tencent plans to soon integrate AI agents with its messaging and social media app WeChat, CEO Pony Ma told staff in a Jan. 13 speech, according to a copy of the annual address seen by CNBC.
“We believe that China’s AI sector is advancing at a pace comparable to that of the United States,” Jo Huang, head of private equity at Raffles Family Office, said in an email. She said the firm is considering investing in a leading China AI deep tech fund in order to capture the local opportunity.
The development of Chinese AI applications creates features that are being integrated with domestic smartphones. Apple ’s AI intelligence functions have yet to come to iPhone users in China.
“There is also a shift towards a growing user preference for local brands that can offer advanced AI features tailored to regional consumer preferences,” Wei Sun, principal artificial intelligence analyst at Counterpoint Research, said in an email Thursday…Read More
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