China's SenseTime using 'a lot' of Huawei, other domestic AI chips

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SenseTime says it is using domestic AI chips from Huawei, Biren and others as China aims to develop its own AI computing systems.   © AP

CISSY ZHOU, CHENG TING-FANG, and LAULY LI, Nikkei staff writers

HONG KONG/TAIPEI -- Chinese artificial intelligence giant SenseTime Group is using "a lot" of domestic chips, including from Huawei Technologies, to train its large language models, as part of efforts to rapidly develop a homegrown AI computing ecosystem, a senior executive told Nikkei Asia.

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