Huawei Technologies is doubling down on foundation models with a newly formed unit, heating up the race for dominance among Chinese tech giants in the artificial intelligence sector.
The AI foundation model unit was established under Huawei’s 2012 Laboratories, the company’s strategic research and development arm that covered domains ranging from wireless technology to AI, according to a report by Chinese media outlet China Star Markets this week.
The department was actively recruiting AI talent, the report said. Huawei confirmed the establishment of the foundation model department without providing further details.
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In a recruitment ad posted in late October, the Shenzhen-based telecommunications gear giant said it was building a world-class AI team by wooing global talent.
Richard Yu Chengdong, Huawei’s consumer group head, reposted the recruitment ad on social media and urged young talent to join Huawei to “make the world’s most powerful AI”.
Yu was recently made chairman of the Investment Review Board at Huawei, which put him in charge of the company’s AI strategies.