China’s artificial intelligence development is expanding beyond general large language models (LLMs) towards a new generation of specialised systems designed to solve real-world industrial problems, according to a leading computer science researcher.
Cui Peng, an associate professor at Beijing’s elite Tsinghua University, said that specialist systems capable of analysing industrial data, such as factory sensor readings and financial records, could become a crucial part of AI’s next phase in China.
“When it comes to industrial applications, broadly speaking, [LLMs] are very difficult to use,” Cui said at the Hong Kong International Computer Conference on Monday, adding that the models often struggled to capture patterns in structured numerical data.
