This morning, Alibaba cloud conference opened in Hangzhou, the first big news is Ali chief technology officer Zhang Jianfeng announced the establishment of Dharma Institute, the establishment of laboratories around the world, within 3 years to invest 100 billion in the establishment of laboratories around the world, and universities to establish research institutes, the establishment of global research centers and other affairs.

The institute is composed of three parts: global Laboratory, University Joint Research Institute and Global Frontier Innovation Research Program. Its main research areas include quantum computing, machine learning, basic algorithms, network security, visual computing, natural language processing, next generation human-computer interaction, chip technology, sensor technology, embedded system, etc. It covers multiple industrial fields such as machine intelligence, intelligent networking and fintech.

In the words of Zhang Jianfeng, Alibaba Dharma Institute is to provide basic scientific research and development in the field of Internet of Things. Alibaba believes that the Internet of Things represented by IOT is the next trend in the development of science and technology. The Internet of Things should not only connect objects, but also carry out perception and control.

In his speech on stage later, Ma said that Alibaba would not exist forever, but hoped to leave dharma Institute’s technological innovation spirit and wealth, Ma said: Alibaba to go 102 years is very difficult, Dharma Institute must be longer than Alibaba.


Black technology 1: wave your hand to order food, intelligent ordering machine

There is a restaurant in the Ant Pavilion of Cloud Computing Conference. Wave your arm on the table and a menu will appear, and then you will order and place orders. The waiter will serve the food.

Black technology two: smart hotel scan code check-in

In ant Financial’s exhibition area, there is a hotel experience area, where alipay checks in and mobile phone scans the code to open the door. The mobile phone can control all the equipment in the room, including turning on and off the lights, switching on and off the TV, controlling the curtain, etc. When leaving the hotel, payment will be automatically deducted by Alipay.

Black tech 3: ET brain, for city management

ET Brain will be officially unveiled at the Computing Conference on October 13th, but ahead of the conference we’ve already seen what this intelligent system can do. In the public Security Bureau of Xiaoshan District, the demonstration of city brain guaranteeing the passage of ambulances was carried out. 120 ambulances ran from Shixin Road to Chenhui Road intersection to Shixin Road and then to Lihua Road intersection, the whole journey of 7 kilometers without a red light. Data showed that the whole journey was given priority 21 times, saving 854 seconds. In urban management, the data system of traffic and ambulance first aid points was first opened. After receiving an emergency call, the city brain would calculate and automatically allocate traffic lights in real time. At the same time, it would also consider the traffic conditions of other roads and empty the intersection in advance.

Hack 4: Tracking personal track and personal information

Security at the Cloud Computing Conference also uses hacking technology. Through facial recognition and trajectory tracking technology, it can find the movement of someone among the 40,000 attendees, as well as identify your identity, gender and country of origin.

Black tech 5: Race your own shadow

Cloud Computing Conference organized an activity called cloud computing run, you can race with your own shadow, there is an intelligent machine on the side of the field, according to the frequency of running songs, after the end of the cloud album can find your own photos.

From the scene of the cloud computing conference black technology, Ali has a lot of landing artificial intelligence products, but not for the mass market services. The only product alibaba has publicly available to ordinary consumers is its Tmall Genie, which was launched this year. As an intelligent speaker, Tmall Essence may become the entrance of Alibaba’s AI iot products in the consumer market in the future.

Tmall elves

Xiaomi, Amazon, Alibaba and other Internet companies have released smart audio products, which control linked devices by voice. Alibaba recently announced a partnership between Tmall Genie and Feizu to offer access to 100,000 hotel rooms on the platform. When checking into these hotels, tmall Genie can voice control curtains, lamps, TVS and other devices, and currently supports 19 categories of smart home products from 15 brands, including Philips, Midea and Haier. Ru Yi, head of intelligent terminal of Alibaba ARTIFICIAL Intelligence Laboratory, said that Tmall Genie is the first artificial intelligence terminal released by Alibaba. How do we think about terminal products in the era of artificial intelligence, and then decide to make Tmall Genie. From the perspective of technology and user experience, we will look at the changes and progress of The Times, the evolution and differences of the Internet era, mobile Internet era and artificial intelligence era, what changes will be brought about by these differences, and what impacts will be exerted on the entire ecology and industry.

At the 6th TOP100 Global Software Case Study Summit held in Beijing National Convention Center from November 9 to 12, Rui Yi, head of Intelligent Terminal of Alibaba ARTIFICIAL Intelligence Lab, will share alibaba’s exploration of artificial intelligence and Internet of Things and thoughts on the future development.


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