China’s Huawei has big ambitions to weaken the US grip on AI leadership

MIT Technology Review  March 4, 2019 Huawei plans to increase its investments in AI and integrate it throughout the company to “build a full-stack AI portfolio.” Officials from the company said last year that it planned to more than double annual R&D spending to between $15 billion and $20 billion. This could catapult the company to between fifth and second place in worldwide spending on R&D. According to its website, some 80,000 employees, or 45% of Huawei’s workforce, are involved in R&D. But Huawei is struggling to convince the Western world that it can be trusted. The company faces accusations […]