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Artificial Intelligence for the American People, The White House: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/artificial-intelligence-american-people/
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Summary of the 2018 White House Summit on Artificial Intelligence for American Industry, The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy 10 May 2018: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Summary-Report-of-White-House-AI-Summit.pdf
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“Whoever leads in AI will rule the world”: Putin to Russian children on Knowledge Day: https://www.rt.com/news/401731-ai-rule-worldputin/
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A Next Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Plan: http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/content/2017–07/20/content_5211996.htm and Three-Year Action Plan to Promote the Development of New-Generation Artificial Intelligence Industry: http://www.miit.gov.cn/n1146295/n1652858/n1652930/n3757016/c5960820/content.html
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Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, Artificial Intelligence for Europe, Brussels 2018: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-singlemarket/en/news/communication-artificial-intelligence-europe
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A.I. is in a “golden age” and solving problems that were once in the realm of sci-fi, Jeff Bezos says, CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/08/amazon-jeff-bezos-artificial-intelligence-ai-golden-age.html
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Google’s Sergey Brin warns of the threat from AI in today’s “technology renaissance”: https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/28/17295064/googleai-threat-sergey-brin-founders-letter-technology-renaissance
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on the rise of A.I.: “The future we will invent is a choice we make”: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/24/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-on-the-rise-of-a-i-the-future-we-willinvent-is-a-choice-we-make.html
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution: what it means, how to respond, Klaus Schwab, World Economic Forum: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/01/the-fourth-industrial-revolution-what-it-means-andhow-to-respond/
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Institutional Investor, Ali Baba vs The World: https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b1505pjf8xsy75/alibaba-vs-the-world
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CNBC, China is determined to steal A.I. crown from US and nothing, not even a trade war, will stop it: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/04/china-aims-to-steal-us-a-i-crown-and-not-even-trade-war-will-stop-it.html
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Virtual-Taobao: Virtualizing Real-world Online Retail Environment for Reinforcement Learning: https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.10000
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SCMP, Alibaba lets AI, robots and drones do the heavy lifting on Singles’ Day: https://www.scmp.com/tech/innovation/article/2119359/alibabalets-ai-robots-and-drones-do-heavy-lifting-singles-day
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BBC, The world’s most prolific writer is a Chinese algorithm: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180829-the-worlds-most-prolificwriter-is-a-chinese-algorithm
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Data Center News, Alibaba gives AWS, Microsoft and Google a run for their cloud money: https://datacenternews.asia/story/alibaba-givesaws-microsoft-and-google-run-their-cloud-money/
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Bloomberg, Alibaba’s AI Outguns Humans in Reading Test: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018–01–15/alibaba-s-aioutgunned-humans-in-key-stanford-reading-test
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Wired, In China, Alibaba’s data-hungry AI is controlling (and watching) cities: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/alibaba-city-brain-artificialintelligence-china-kuala-lumpur
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Technology Review, Inside the Chinese lab that plans to rewire the world with AI: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/610219/insidethe-chinese-lab-that-plans-to-rewire-the-world-with-ai/
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Financial Times, Alibaba brings artificial intelligence to the barnyard: https://www.ft.com/content/320fb98a-69f4-11e8-b6eb-4acfcfb08c11
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CNBC, Alibaba says it will invest more than $15 billion over three years in global research program: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/11/alibabasays-will-pour-15-billion-into-global-research-program.html
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Alphabet, 2017 Founder’s Letter: https://abc.xyz/investor/foundersletters/017/index.html
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Search Engine Land, FAQ: All about the Google RankBrain algorithm: