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Two major Chinese AI cloud conferences converge on turning AI models into production tools

According to Leiphone, two major Chinese AI cloud conferences converged on turning AI models into production tools. On September 16 at the People’s Daily Intelligent Economy Forum, Baidu’s Shen Dou used the electricity era analogy to position the AI industry’s current stage; six days later at the Alibaba Cloud Summit, Wu Yongming spoke of electricity, Token as the new electricity, and cloud as the power grid, both signaling a shift from model intelligence to production enablement.

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  1. 01Baidu’s Shen Dou spoke at the People’s Daily Forum on Sep 16 using the electricity-era analogy.
  2. 02Wu Yongming spoke at the Alibaba Cloud Summit six days later, describing electricity, Token as the new electricity, and cloud as the power grid.
  3. 03The discussions centered on moving from evaluating model intelligence to producing AI in real industries.
  4. 04Both conferences are major annual AI cloud events in China that proceeded within a week of each other.

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