Amid US crackdown, Hong Kong's AI supercomputing centre starts operations

Amid US crackdown, Hong Kong's AI supercomputing centre starts operations

Prof Sun Dong, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry(front row middle); Ir Tony Wong, Commissioner for Digital Policy(front row third left); Hendrick Sin, Chairman of the Committee of the AISS and committee members(front row third right) ; Simon Chan, Chairman of Cyberport(front row fourth left) ; Dr Rocky Cheng, CEO of Cyberport(front row fourth right) and other ecosystem partners attended the opening ceremony of AISC and AI Lab at AI Lab to witness the crucial moment of promoting local AI development to a new milestone.

Hong Kong’s Artificial Intelligence Supercomputing Center (AISC) commenced operation on Monday as the city steps up its AI development efforts despite tighter US export controls on the chip sector.