In the round-table dialogue session of the CXO Forum on the development of smart technology industry, Li Shipeng, the co-dean of the vice president of the HKUST’s vice president of technology, asked a question that was 'difficult to answer' and an unforgettable answer.
"Do you think that in all the artificial intelligence companies in China today, whether they are big companies or small companies, which one is the best?" Li Shipeng said that this question is to inspire everyone to think about the future development trend of artificial intelligence.
This is indeed a very difficult question to answer. In the past few years, artificial intelligence has become a mess. The artificial intelligence company that started in the early years has ushered in the spring, and new artificial intelligence startups are springing up. Internet companies such as BAT are beginning to vie Layout artificial intelligence business. It is not easy to pick the best from it.
Several guests at the stage contemplate the moment and begin to answer.
'The domestic artificial intelligence industry has developed some kings and leading companies so far. ' Mo Chi, founder and chief strategy officer of Netchie Tianyuan, mentioned several companies such as HKUST, Xiaomi and others.
Song Jiqiang, director of the Intel China Research Institute, did not directly answer this question, but gave his own judgment. In his view, a company must have lasting innovation and profitability in the field of artificial intelligence. It must have a unique application scenario. Second, we must have strong data acquisition capabilities, and three must have core technologies. He mentioned BAT, JD.com and Hikvision.
Liu Hanlun, general manager of the Beijing Artificial Intelligence Patent Industry Innovation Center, is different from the others. From the perspective of intellectual property rights, he has come to the scene of domestic artificial intelligence companies.
Liu Hanlun introduced that with a view to the world, the current major patent holders include IBM, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft. From a domestic point of view, companies with advantages in patents on artificial intelligence include BAT, HKUST, and Shang Tang. However, in the world's top 20 in artificial intelligence patents, there is no Chinese company.
Some time ago, an international organization surveyed the world’s top 24 artificial intelligence chip companies. Seven of these companies are Chinese companies.
'We have divided these companies into Chinese companies and foreign companies for comparison, and we have made a rough count of the number of patents owned by these companies. ' Liu Yulun explained that this can represent the overall degree of emphasis on intellectual property by AI chip companies, or Intellectual property strength.
The results of the study are thought-provoking. Liu Yulun said that 17 foreign AI chip companies have 400,000 patents globally. The domestic 7 AI chip companies own a total of 55,000 patents. Compared with the former, the gap is very high. Great.
Among the seven domestic manufacturers of artificial intelligence chips, the number of patents is at the forefront of Huawei and Taiwan’s MediaTek. If these two companies are removed, the results are simply “horrible” in Liu’s words.
According to the application status of artificial intelligence patents, we can also see the development trend of artificial intelligence in the future.
Liu Xiaolun analyzed that from the perspective of patent applications, competition in the field of artificial intelligence in the future is mainly between China and the United States. In terms of the number of patents, there is a gap between China and the United States, which is still not worth looking at. It is even more worrying that many labor Fundamental patents in the field of intelligence are held in the hands of US companies.
This is due to the fact that the US artificial intelligence technology started earlier than China, so it has a large number of basic core patents. On the other hand, the artificial intelligence enterprises in China tend to apply R&D, and there are more patents for the application side of the application. The core patent became a short board. This is not a small worry for the development of the domestic artificial intelligence industry.
Another worrying point is that compared with the global layout patents of European and American artificial intelligence companies, more than 90% of the patents applied by Chinese artificial intelligence enterprises are domestic patents. 'This means that the future of Chinese artificial intelligence products After leaving the country, there may be a situation of 'streaking' in terms of intellectual property protection. 'Liu Hanlun said.