-In addition to Huawei Pangu, Ali Tongyi, Xunfei Starfire, Baidu Wenxin, Fudan MOSS and other general big models, big model applications in vertical industries were also presented. There were more than 30 big models on site, fully demonstrating the disruptive impact of big models on the industry.

Around big models, the conference had two thematic forums and several sub-forums with the themes of "Focus - New Wave of AIGC in the Era of Big Models" and "Generative AI and MaaS (Model as a Service)". For the first time, the theme of "Towards General AI" will be exhibited.

The World AI Conference is in its sixth year and coincides with the ChatGPT generative AI boom.

On the morning of June 29, the Shanghai Municipal Government Press Office held a press conference to introduce the preparations for the World AI Conference 2023 and to answer questions from reporters. Wu Jincheng, director of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology, said the theme of this year's conference is "Smart World, Generative Future", and the overall structure of the conference activities is set according to "1+1+2+10+N", i.e. 1 opening ceremony, 1 closing ceremony, science and technology innovation and industry development 2 plenary sessions, 10 thematic sessions. The overall structure of the conference activities is set according to "1+1+2+10+N", i.e. 1 opening ceremony, 1 closing ceremony, 2 plenary sessions, 10 theme forums and N ecological forums. Fully play the conference "technology vane, application showcase, industry gas pedal, governance hall" important role, convergence and integration of global artificial intelligence field of thought and wisdom, cutting-edge technology, industrial trends and human ecology, to promote the healthy innovation and development of artificial intelligence. At present, the preparatory work for the conference has entered the sprint stage.

This year is the sixth consecutive year Shanghai held the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, this year's conference by the Shanghai Municipal People's Government and the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the State Internet Office, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the Chinese Association for Science and Technology and other seven departments co-sponsored, will be held on July 6-8 in the Shanghai World Expo Center and Expo Exhibition Hall, and in Pudong Zhangjiang, Xuhui West Bank set up branch venues, synchronized in Minhang and other industrial clusters The event will be held at the Shanghai World Expo Center and the Expo Exhibition Hall from July 6 to 8, with branch venues in Pudong Zhangjiang and Xuhui West Bank, and simultaneous activities in Minhang and other industrial areas.

Focus on large model technology

Wu Jincheng said that this year's World Artificial Intelligence Conference will further focus on the new wind of industrial and technological change, from the big model, intelligent computing, scientific intelligence, embodied intelligence and other aspects of force, to accelerate the evolution of a new generation of artificial intelligence technology innovation.

First, it will focus on the big model technology, and vigorously create innovation and development ecology. Around the big model, the conference has two theme forums and several sub-forums with the theme of "Focus - New Wave of AIGC in the Era of Big Model" and "Generative Artificial Intelligence and MaaS (Model as a Service)"; For the first time, we will set up a theme exhibition area of "Towards General AI" to showcase more than 30 big models from home and abroad. The conference will showcase large models with Chinese characteristics and Shanghai's representatives through a forward-looking vision and high standard, helping Shanghai consolidate its advantages and seize the first opportunity in the current wave of AI technology innovation, and further advance towards general AI.

Second, focus on the demand for arithmetic power, and consolidate the intelligent computing industry ecology. The conference will hold a smart chip theme forum and several sub-forums, gathering more than 10 chip companies and showcasing more than 10 chips. In the future, Shanghai will continue to increase the supply of intelligent computing power to ensure the demand for computing power for large model R&D innovation and application implementation; establish an intelligent computing power coordinating body, focus on the core technology of intelligent computing, and jointly build an intelligent computing industry that connects upstream and downstream, combines software and hardware, and integrates cloud and edge, thus driving the development of the whole industrial chain of artificial intelligence.

Third, focus on scientific intelligence, to promote a new paradigm change in scientific research. The conference focuses on brain-computer interface, AI-assisted drug development and other popular directions, and grandly invites the Shanghai Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai University of Science and Technology, Fudan University and other well-known institutions to prospectively share the trend viewpoints and technological frontiers in the field of scientific intelligence. Relying on Shanghai's industrial advantages, the conference will effectively empower the high-quality development of Shanghai's biomedical, integrated circuit, high-end equipment and advanced materials industries through scientific intelligence, accelerate technological innovation and product iteration in related fields, win the initiative of global core technology development, and stimulate the power and vitality of industrial economic development in all aspects.

Fourth, focus on the body with intelligence, layout of intelligent robotics advanced technology. For the first time, the conference aims at embodied intelligence and sets up thematic forums and new product release sessions around embodied intelligence and intelligent robots to show the latest progress in related fields to the public. Shanghai will continue to focus on the research and application of embodied intelligence, focusing on machine vision, natural language processing, large model training robots and other technologies to improve the ability of intelligent robots to perceive multimodal environmental interaction and independent learning, training capabilities, including cognitive ability, to promote intelligent robots to achieve independent planning, decision-making, action and execution, to improve human-robot interaction capabilities, and to create human-robot cooperative work mode.

Chen Xiaohong, chairman of Donghao Lansheng Exhibition Group, said that in addition to general big models such as Huawei Pangu, Ali Tongyi, Xunfei Starfire, Baidu Wenxin and Fudan MOSS, big model applications in vertical industries were also presented. There are more than 30 big models on site, fully demonstrating the disruptive impact of big models on the industry. Around the big model, the conference site will show Mu Xi Xi Si N100, Hanbo SG100, Sui Yuan's Profound Si 2.0 and Profound Si 2.5, Kunlun Core 2 generation AI chip, Hafiko Compass C10, Tensil Smart Core Smart Armor 100 and other big model application chips.

In terms of intelligent robots, the site will exhibit: bipedal robots equipped with large model dialogue capabilities, Tesla humanoid robot Optimus Prime, Shanghai Polytechnic Xiaobei 4.0 and other intelligent robots; fan blade inspection robots, Netease Fuxi with body intelligent engineering robots, Qingdao Huituo CARMO intelligent mine transport robots; minimally invasive surgical robots; Meituan UAV V4, Yushu quadruped robot The site, a total of more than 20 robots together, many for the first debut debut.

In addition, the intelligent driving section showcased the Autowise Roboard-X, the longitudinal driving and parking controller Amphiman, and the Q-Truck, the world's first intelligent driverless commercial vehicle with power exchange. L7 and the "intelligent pure electric mid-size luxury SUV" Zhiqi LS7.

Zhang Ying, deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Economic and Information Technology Commission, also mentioned at the press conference the AI governance-related initiatives, saying that Shanghai will adhere to the principle of tolerance and prudence, encourage innovation, and improve the AI governance system. Actively promote large model-related governance research, explore large model evaluation, pilot sandbox supervision, in the sound regulatory system, standard system, regulatory system and other aspects, and strive to form Shanghai's special Shanghai program, for the construction of the national artificial intelligence governance model first pilot.

Zhang Ying said that the current global artificial intelligence technology is accelerating, a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial affirmation is reshaping, the world economy also affects the future life, especially the forward-looking technology represented by the deep quality of the big model, which opens an important technical path towards general artificial intelligence for human beings.

A number of Turing Award Nobel Prize winners to participate

"The eight words of the theme of this year's conference are very distinctive. About the 'Smart World', is the General Assembly long-term adherence to the international concept of innovation, openness and inclusiveness, Shanghai will actively link the world's top resources, give full play to the World Artificial Intelligence Conference driving role." Zhang Ying said at the meeting, "to gather intelligence with the conference, the conference held hundreds of forums and activities, the release of reports, initiatives and major policies more than a hundred, leading the forward-looking direction of industrial development. The conference will attract talents, more than thousands of academic experts, leading entrepreneurs, heads of international organizations will participate in the conference, driving a number of major innovation institutions to 'Shanghai'; the conference activities cover more than a million AI developers worldwide, focusing on the participation of diverse groups, gathering innovation and entrepreneurial vitality. With the conference to promote industry, the conference in recent years for hundreds of investment in major industrial projects signed for landing, with a total investment of nearly 100 billion yuan, for the development of artificial intelligence in Shanghai to inject vigorous momentum."

The conference focuses on the frontier of science and industrial development, around the three major topics of technology, industry and humanities, focusing on the big model, smart chip, scientific intelligence, robotics, brain-like intelligence, meta-universe, autonomous driving, data forum, rule of law and security, blockchain and other ten frontier winds, together with Peking University, Tsinghua, Fudan, Jiaotong University, Zhejiang University, Tongji, Shanghai University of Science and Technology and other well-known universities, to carry out in-depth discussions and exchanges.

More than 1,400 leading scholars, famous entrepreneurs, representatives of international organizations and other heavyweight guests confirmed to attend the conference, including David Patterson, Joseph Sfakis, Manuel Blum, Yao Zhizhi, four Turing Award winners and Nobel Prize winner Michael Levitt, more than 80 domestic and foreign academicians gathered, Tesla, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, Huawei, Ali and more than 50 domestic and foreign business leaders Talent gathering.

The conference aims to expand the circle of international cooperation friends, UNIDO, UNESCO and other international authoritative organizations to participate again; IEEE Metaverse Standards Association, IJCAI for the first time with the conference in-depth linkage; Germany Baden-Württemberg International Economic and Scientific Cooperation Agency to share cutting-edge trends; SWITCH Singapore Science and Technology Innovation Week to promote international AI ecological synergy development.

The conference will also continue to focus on agile governance, adhering to an inclusive and prudent attitude of encouraging innovation, holding thematic forums on AI governance, technology ethics, and trusted AI, focusing on releasing a number of research results such as ethical operation of large models, risk assessment, legal governance of autonomous driving, and generative AI initiatives to help create a safe, robust, and regulated development environment for technological innovation and industrial landing.

SAIL Award first set up 2 million prize pool

SAIL Awards will continue to lead the industry trend. For the first time, a prize pool of 2 million is set up to further stimulate innovation vitality, attract global outstanding innovation achievements to gather, and heavily display more cutting-edge black technologies. Widely launch enterprises, universities and research institutions to actively participate in the evaluation, has completed the TOP30 preliminary evaluation. The Youth Excellent Paper Award hosted by the Chinese Association for Science and Technology has selected 10 high-level award-winning papers from 235 participating papers at home and abroad.

The influence of four major events will be further enhanced. four major brand competitions such as AIWIN World AI Innovation Competition, BPAA Application Algorithm Practice Paradigm Competition, Hackathon and Youth AI Innovation Competition of the Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, focusing on popular software algorithms, open source ecology, industry applications and social science and other directions on the same stage, with more than 3,000 teams, further enhancing the influence of the event.

In addition, the conference creates an intelligent experience space, with the Expo Exhibition Hall as the central point, offline venue and online platform unified linkage, building innovative, forward-looking, novelty and ornamental application experience. Expanding intelligent application scenarios. We will make extensive use of cutting-edge technologies such as meta-universe and digital human, and create a digital doppelganger, a number of landmarks such as Lujiazui and Xuhui AI Tower, and comprehensive robot services, etc. We will take scene experience, intelligent venues and online platforms as the main forms to dig deeper into the intelligent scene immersion experience and open up the "roaming digital future". The main forms of scene experience, intelligent venues and online platform are used to explore the intelligent scene immersion experience and start the exploration journey of "roaming in the digital future". Comprehensive upgrade of online experience. The conference cloud platform 4.0 provides customized interface, intelligent labeling and intelligent recommendation services. The online metaverse exhibition platform, Planet Metaverse 2.0, further optimizes the immersive interactive technology, with higher quality 3D modeling, more realistic scene restoration and lower latency data transmission, deeply integrating the virtual world and the real world, allowing online audience to experience the opening ceremony and other forums in 360 degrees, bringing a more sci-fi future experience journey to online audience.

The General Assembly will also focus on the artificial intelligence industry nucleus, the new wind, the release of a number of policies, alliance institutions, to further promote the global scope of artificial intelligence open cooperation.

-In addition to Huawei Pangu, Ali Tongyi, Xunfei Starfire, Baidu Wenxin, Fudan MOSS and other general big models, big model applications in vertical industries were also presented. There were more than 30 big models on site, fully demonstrating the disruptive impact of big models on the industry.

Around big models, the conference had two thematic forums and several sub-forums with the themes of "Focus - New Wave of AIGC in the Era of Big Models" and "Generative AI and MaaS (Model as a Service)". For the first time, the theme of "Towards General AI" will be exhibited.

The World AI Conference is in its sixth year and coincides with the ChatGPT generative AI boom.

On the morning of June 29, the Shanghai Municipal Government Press Office held a press conference to introduce the preparations for the World AI Conference 2023 and to answer questions from reporters. Wu Jincheng, director of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology, said the theme of this year's conference is "Smart World, Generative Future", and the overall structure of the conference activities is set according to "1+1+2+10+N", i.e. 1 opening ceremony, 1 closing ceremony, science and technology innovation and industry development 2 plenary sessions, 10 thematic sessions. The overall structure of the conference activities is set according to "1+1+2+10+N", i.e. 1 opening ceremony, 1 closing ceremony, 2 plenary sessions, 10 theme forums and N ecological forums. Fully play the conference "technology vane, application showcase, industry gas pedal, governance hall" important role, convergence and integration of global artificial intelligence field of thought and wisdom, cutting-edge technology, industrial trends and human ecology, to promote the healthy innovation and development of artificial intelligence. At present, the preparatory work for the conference has entered the sprint stage.

This year is the sixth consecutive year Shanghai held the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, this year's conference by the Shanghai Municipal People's Government and the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the State Internet Office, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the Chinese Association for Science and Technology and other seven departments co-sponsored, will be held on July 6-8 in the Shanghai World Expo Center and Expo Exhibition Hall, and in Pudong Zhangjiang, Xuhui West Bank set up branch venues, synchronized in Minhang and other industrial clusters The event will be held at the Shanghai World Expo Center and the Expo Exhibition Hall from July 6 to 8, with branch venues in Pudong Zhangjiang and Xuhui West Bank, and simultaneous activities in Minhang and other industrial areas.

Focus on large model technology

Wu Jincheng said that this year's World Artificial Intelligence Conference will further focus on the new wind of industrial and technological change, from the big model, intelligent computing, scientific intelligence, embodied intelligence and other aspects of force, to accelerate the evolution of a new generation of artificial intelligence technology innovation.

First, it will focus on the big model technology, and vigorously create innovation and development ecology. Around the big model, the conference has two theme forums and several sub-forums with the theme of "Focus - New Wave of AIGC in the Era of Big Model" and "Generative Artificial Intelligence and MaaS (Model as a Service)"; For the first time, we will set up a theme exhibition area of "Towards General AI" to showcase more than 30 big models from home and abroad. The conference will showcase large models with Chinese characteristics and Shanghai's representatives through a forward-looking vision and high standard, helping Shanghai consolidate its advantages and seize the first opportunity in the current wave of AI technology innovation, and further advance towards general AI.

Second, focus on the demand for arithmetic power, and consolidate the intelligent computing industry ecology. The conference will hold a smart chip theme forum and several sub-forums, gathering more than 10 chip companies and showcasing more than 10 chips. In the future, Shanghai will continue to increase the supply of intelligent computing power to ensure the demand for computing power for large model R&D innovation and application implementation; establish an intelligent computing power coordinating body, focus on the core technology of intelligent computing, and jointly build an intelligent computing industry that connects upstream and downstream, combines software and hardware, and integrates cloud and edge, thus driving the development of the whole industrial chain of artificial intelligence.

Third, focus on scientific intelligence, to promote a new paradigm change in scientific research. The conference focuses on brain-computer interface, AI-assisted drug development and other popular directions, and grandly invites the Shanghai Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai University of Science and Technology, Fudan University and other well-known institutions to prospectively share the trend viewpoints and technological frontiers in the field of scientific intelligence. Relying on Shanghai's industrial advantages, the conference will effectively empower the high-quality development of Shanghai's biomedical, integrated circuit, high-end equipment and advanced materials industries through scientific intelligence, accelerate technological innovation and product iteration in related fields, win the initiative of global core technology development, and stimulate the power and vitality of industrial economic development in all aspects.

Fourth, focus on the body with intelligence, layout of intelligent robotics advanced technology. For the first time, the conference aims at embodied intelligence and sets up thematic forums and new product release sessions around embodied intelligence and intelligent robots to show the latest progress in related fields to the public. Shanghai will continue to focus on the research and application of embodied intelligence, focusing on machine vision, natural language processing, large model training robots and other technologies to improve the ability of intelligent robots to perceive multimodal environmental interaction and independent learning, training capabilities, including cognitive ability, to promote intelligent robots to achieve independent planning, decision-making, action and execution, to improve human-robot interaction capabilities, and to create human-robot cooperative work mode.

Chen Xiaohong, chairman of Donghao Lansheng Exhibition Group, said that in addition to general big models such as Huawei Pangu, Ali Tongyi, Xunfei Starfire, Baidu Wenxin and Fudan MOSS, big model applications in vertical industries were also presented. There are more than 30 big models on site, fully demonstrating the disruptive impact of big models on the industry. Around the big model, the conference site will show Mu Xi Xi Si N100, Hanbo SG100, Sui Yuan's Profound Si 2.0 and Profound Si 2.5, Kunlun Core 2 generation AI chip, Hafiko Compass C10, Tensil Smart Core Smart Armor 100 and other big model application chips.

In terms of intelligent robots, the site will exhibit: bipedal robots equipped with large model dialogue capabilities, Tesla humanoid robot Optimus Prime, Shanghai Polytechnic Xiaobei 4.0 and other intelligent robots; fan blade inspection robots, Netease Fuxi with body intelligent engineering robots, Qingdao Huituo CARMO intelligent mine transport robots; minimally invasive surgical robots; Meituan UAV V4, Yushu quadruped robot The site, a total of more than 20 robots together, many for the first debut debut.

In addition, the intelligent driving section showcased the Autowise Roboard-X, the longitudinal driving and parking controller Amphiman, and the Q-Truck, the world's first intelligent driverless commercial vehicle with power exchange. L7 and the "intelligent pure electric mid-size luxury SUV" Zhiqi LS7.

Zhang Ying, deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Economic and Information Technology Commission, also mentioned at the press conference the AI governance-related initiatives, saying that Shanghai will adhere to the principle of tolerance and prudence, encourage innovation, and improve the AI governance system. Actively promote large model-related governance research, explore large model evaluation, pilot sandbox supervision, in the sound regulatory system, standard system, regulatory system and other aspects, and strive to form Shanghai's special Shanghai program, for the construction of the national artificial intelligence governance model first pilot.

Zhang Ying said that the current global artificial intelligence technology is accelerating, a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial affirmation is reshaping, the world economy also affects the future life, especially the forward-looking technology represented by the deep quality of the big model, which opens an important technical path towards general artificial intelligence for human beings.

A number of Turing Award Nobel Prize winners to participate

"The eight words of the theme of this year's conference are very distinctive. About the 'Smart World', is the General Assembly long-term adherence to the international concept of innovation, openness and inclusiveness, Shanghai will actively link the world's top resources, give full play to the World Artificial Intelligence Conference driving role." Zhang Ying said at the meeting, "to gather intelligence with the conference, the conference held hundreds of forums and activities, the release of reports, initiatives and major policies more than a hundred, leading the forward-looking direction of industrial development. The conference will attract talents, more than thousands of academic experts, leading entrepreneurs, heads of international organizations will participate in the conference, driving a number of major innovation institutions to 'Shanghai'; the conference activities cover more than a million AI developers worldwide, focusing on the participation of diverse groups, gathering innovation and entrepreneurial vitality. With the conference to promote industry, the conference in recent years for hundreds of investment in major industrial projects signed for landing, with a total investment of nearly 100 billion yuan, for the development of artificial intelligence in Shanghai to inject vigorous momentum."

The conference focuses on the frontier of science and industrial development, around the three major topics of technology, industry and humanities, focusing on the big model, smart chip, scientific intelligence, robotics, brain-like intelligence, meta-universe, autonomous driving, data forum, rule of law and security, blockchain and other ten frontier winds, together with Peking University, Tsinghua, Fudan, Jiaotong University, Zhejiang University, Tongji, Shanghai University of Science and Technology and other well-known universities, to carry out in-depth discussions and exchanges.

More than 1,400 leading scholars, famous entrepreneurs, representatives of international organizations and other heavyweight guests confirmed to attend the conference, including David Patterson, Joseph Sfakis, Manuel Blum, Yao Zhizhi, four Turing Award winners and Nobel Prize winner Michael Levitt, more than 80 domestic and foreign academicians gathered, Tesla, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, Huawei, Ali and more than 50 domestic and foreign business leaders Talent gathering.

The conference aims to expand the circle of international cooperation friends, UNIDO, UNESCO and other international authoritative organizations to participate again; IEEE Metaverse Standards Association, IJCAI for the first time with the conference in-depth linkage; Germany Baden-Württemberg International Economic and Scientific Cooperation Agency to share cutting-edge trends; SWITCH Singapore Science and Technology Innovation Week to promote international AI ecological synergy development.

The conference will also continue to focus on agile governance, adhering to an inclusive and prudent attitude of encouraging innovation, holding thematic forums on AI governance, technology ethics, and trusted AI, focusing on releasing a number of research results such as ethical operation of large models, risk assessment, legal governance of autonomous driving, and generative AI initiatives to help create a safe, robust, and regulated development environment for technological innovation and industrial landing.

SAIL Award first set up 2 million prize pool

SAIL Awards will continue to lead the industry trend. For the first time, a prize pool of 2 million is set up to further stimulate innovation vitality, attract global outstanding innovation achievements to gather, and heavily display more cutting-edge black technologies. Widely launch enterprises, universities and research institutions to actively participate in the evaluation, has completed the TOP30 preliminary evaluation. The Youth Excellent Paper Award hosted by the Chinese Association for Science and Technology has selected 10 high-level award-winning papers from 235 participating papers at home and abroad.

The influence of four major events will be further enhanced. four major brand competitions such as AIWIN World AI Innovation Competition, BPAA Application Algorithm Practice Paradigm Competition, Hackathon and Youth AI Innovation Competition of the Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, focusing on popular software algorithms, open source ecology, industry applications and social science and other directions on the same stage, with more than 3,000 teams, further enhancing the influence of the event.

In addition, the conference creates an intelligent experience space, with the Expo Exhibition Hall as the central point, offline venue and online platform unified linkage, building innovative, forward-looking, novelty and ornamental application experience. Expanding intelligent application scenarios. We will make extensive use of cutting-edge technologies such as meta-universe and digital human, and create a digital doppelganger, a number of landmarks such as Lujiazui and Xuhui AI Tower, and comprehensive robot services, etc. We will take scene experience, intelligent venues and online platforms as the main forms to dig deeper into the intelligent scene immersion experience and open up the "roaming digital future". The main forms of scene experience, intelligent venues and online platform are used to explore the intelligent scene immersion experience and start the exploration journey of "roaming in the digital future". Comprehensive upgrade of online experience. The conference cloud platform 4.0 provides customized interface, intelligent labeling and intelligent recommendation services. The online metaverse exhibition platform, Planet Metaverse 2.0, further optimizes the immersive interactive technology, with higher quality 3D modeling, more realistic scene restoration and lower latency data transmission, deeply integrating the virtual world and the real world, allowing online audience to experience the opening ceremony and other forums in 360 degrees, bringing a more sci-fi future experience journey to online audience.

The General Assembly will also focus on the artificial intelligence industry nucleus, the new wind, the release of a number of policies, alliance institutions, to further promote the global scope of artificial intelligence open cooperation.