Huawei has formed a strategic partnership to develop AI

This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. Huawei's R&D arm, Noah's Ark Laboratory, announced on Tuesday a partnership with the University of California, Berkley's artificial intelligence (AI) lab focused on researching AI in all its forms. Initially, the Chinese smartphone company will fund UC Berkley 1 million as it covers areas like deep learning, reinforcement learning, machine learning, natural language processing (NLP), and computer vision. Huawei is likely investigating AI in order to ensure its not left behind by rival smartphone companies like Samsung, Apple, and Google, all of which have begun implementing AI into their devices. As hardware shipments begin to decelerate, hardware companies are looking at AI as the next growth platform.