Despite early delays in developing large-scale AI models, experts say China has the potential to surpass the US in “large models+” and compete for global leadership.
At the 2024 Big Model Technology and Application Innovation Forum in Beijing on Thursday, Zheng Weimin, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, highlighted two key trends in AI development this year: foundational big models are entering a multimodal phase, merging text, images and videos, and “big models+” are finding wide application in industries such as finance, healthcare, automobile and smart manufacturing.
"Building a domestic large-scale system with GPU, TPU and other specialized AI acceleration chips to form a high-performance computing system is crucial," said Zheng, who is also a professor in the computer science department at Tsinghua University.
China Accelerates Development of Industry-Specific AI Solutions with ‘Big Models+’
Zheng described the life cycle of large model development as consisting of five stages: data collection, data preprocessing, model training, model fine-tuning, and model inference. The first antarctica email address three stages build fundamental large models, while fine-tuning tailors them to specific domains.
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“ For example, foundational models often lack hospital data ,” says Zheng. “Fine-tuning using hospital data is necessary to develop a model suitable for medical scenarios. Further training on ultrasound data allows the model to be refined for use in ultrasound diagnostics.”
This iterative process of adapting foundational models for use in specific industries defines the concept of "big models+," Zheng explained, and the final stage of conclusions involves practical implementation in industries.
Yu Youping, president of Beijing ZKJ Technology Co., a provider of large-scale model technology and applications, stressed that the large-scale model industry has moved from the stage of "rapid rapid development" to the stage of "fine implementation".
“The market demands big model applications that provide real solutions to practical problems,” Yu said at the forum. “ A combination of platforms, applications and services is the optimal approach to implement enterprise-grade big model applications.”
The China news “China is preparing for leadership in AI: “big models+” as the key to success” was prepared by the PRC.TODAY Portal based on materials from the China Daily website.
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