The sixth World Artificial Intelligence Conference held at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center from July 4-7 was a demonstration of China’s position as a fast follower creating a large, diverse and multinational alternative to a US-centered AI industry.
More than 500 companies working on large language models, machine learning, the use of AI in smartphones, PCs and wearables, healthcare and other AI-enabled services, industrial AI, intelligent robots and autonomous vehicles participated in the event and showed off their products in the exhibition hall.
Most were Chinese but Amazon Web Services, Dell, GE, GM, Google, Microsoft, Tesla and Qualcomm also attracted crowds of visitors.