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SHANGHAI, July 10, 2020 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/--

2020 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) Summit Online opened at

Golden Hall of Shanghai Expo Center on July 9, according to World Artificial

Intelligence Conference Committee Office.

The opening ceremony consisted of five parts and lasted for 2 hours and a half.

Elon Musk, Jack Ma, Pony Ma, Robin Li, Zhang Wenhong  and other guests

participated in the opening ceremony of the summit featured by high-tech and

interaction. The conference is of epoch-making significance.

The opening ceremony was rich in content and extremely wonderful. At the

conference, the holographic projection of real persons and the first

AI-chorused MV were displayed, providing the guests with the first real-time 3D

cloud experience and the first 3D virtual cloud exhibition.

Seven winners of Turing Award, the highest and most famous award in the field

of computer science and deemed as the "Nobel Prize" in this field, attended

this conference. Four of them delivered keynote speeches.

Besides, the first AI-chorused MV in the world was released at the opening

ceremony. Four virtual singers: Xiaoice from Microsoft , DuerOS from Baidu , Mi

Ai from Mi and Lingyuan from Bilibili brought the song Smart Home, showing the

charm of AI.

Audience can participate remotely by logging in the website of the conference

(https://ai.worldaic.com.cn/). Any registered person can comment, give a "like"

and obtain "AI Energy" on a real-time basis to redeem various gifts online,

such as Huawei P40 pro, iFlytek Smart Notebook,  Alibaba Tmall Genie, UBTECH

Alpha-Mini, Meituan Cycling Card, translation devices and exquisite souvenirs.

At the same time, audience can watch the conference through online streaming

platforms cooperating with WAIC, including xuexi.cn, XINHUANET.com, CCTV News,

people.cn, CCTV.com, ifeng.com, Shanghai Observer, eastday.com, yicai.com,

thepaper.cn, Bilibili, Tik Tok, Ximalaya and Zhihu.

SOURCE: World Artificial Intelligence Conference Committee Office

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   Caption: 2020 WAIC Summit Online will be held from July 9 to11. The conference is themed

by "Intelligent Connectivity, Indivisible Community".