Alibaba is setting up an artificial intelligence (AI) lab in Singapore, the company's first joint research centre outside China. The company said it will be working with Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU) to develop a "smart city" that can monitor and control traffic flow on its roads using AI technology. AI applications developed by the research institute would be tested on NTU's campus, within Singapore and across the Southeast Asian region, according to Alibaba. The lab will initially employ 50 researchers from both Alibaba and NTU, and focus on developing AI in areas including healthcare, connected homes and urban transport.
Alibaba is setting up an artificial intelligence (AI) lab in Singapore, the company's first joint research centre outside China. The company said it will be working with Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU) to develop a "smart city" that can monitor and control traffic flow on its roads using AI technology. The lab will initially employ 50 researchers from both Alibaba and NTU, and focus on developing AI in areas including healthcare, connected homes and urban transport.