Huawei puts AI at centre of smart cities - ITWeb Africa

Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei is driving the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to build smart cities. At Huawei Connect 2018 in Shanghai, China, the company held a Smart City Summit with the theme "Activate Intelligence to Build Better Smart Cities". It featured discussions with industry experts and smart city practitioners on how to build new smart cities using AI. "Huawei is committed to becoming a smart city enabler and promoter by providing a city nervous system," said Zheng Zhibin, president of the global smart city business department at Huawei Enterprise. "Currently, Huawei is developing a ' AI Smart City Digital Platform' which is built upon the strategy of'Platform Ecosystem'.