Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent execs among Big Tech members on new China AI standards committee
The committee marks a major milestone after MIIT and other government agencies announced plans for 50 sets of AI standards by 2026
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) on Friday announced the establishment of an “artificial intelligence (AI) standardisation technology committee” that includes executives from tech giants Baidu, Alibaba Group Holding, Tencent Holdings and Huawei Technologies.
The committee will be responsible for “making and revising” standards for different AI vertical markets, including assessment and testing, data sets, large language models (LLMs), and application development management, according to a statement dated November 22 and published on Friday.
The 41-member committee includes Baidu AI technology ecosystem general manager Ma Yanjun, Alibaba’s Judy Zhu Hongru, vice-president of the cloud unit’s standardisation operations, Tencent vice-president Jiang Jie who oversees its AI Lab, and Huawei’s director of the standardisation department You Fang.
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The committee has also recruited experts from AI giant SenseTime, voice recognition leader iFlyTek, Alibaba fintech affiliate Ant Group, chip designer Moore Threads and carmaker Changan Automobile.
Professionals and intellectuals from state-owned telecommunications carriers China Unicom, China Telecom and China Mobile, as well as from Peking University and Tsinghua University, also make up the committee.
