HK should not be left behind in competition for AI talent – ejinsight

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There are approximately 300,000 artificial intelligence (Al) researchers and practitioners in the world, while the market demand for AI talent is in the millions, according to the Global AI Talent White Paper released by Tencent Research Institute in December 2017.

莫斯科藉資訊科技變新貌 – 信報財經新聞, StartUpBeat

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6月中在俄羅斯舉行的世界盃足球賽，全球矚目。同時，大型國際活動往往也是新科技的最佳展示場，今次11個比賽城市也會廣布5G設備，包括莫斯科和聖彼得堡的40多個地點，例如體育館、球迷範圍、紅場、火車站、機場等，讓球迷可以超高網速收發資訊，也讓正和倫敦在5G方面較勁的莫斯科大出風頭。

Openness is the best strategy to attract global talents – Telecom Review Asia Pacific

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Acquiring foreign talent is proved to be a shortcut to promote social and economic development of a place. The United States being well known as the melting pot of various nationalities is a typical example in this respect.

AI專才有價有市 – 信報財經新聞, StartUpBeat

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以往我們提到人工智能（Al），總想到一些牽涉抽象思維的活動，如捉圍棋、無人駕駛、分秒間篩選海量資料等，但要Al機械人在繁忙的鬧巿穿梭，又或像人類般靈巧地組裝一件家具卻甚為困難。因此，早前Tesla的馬斯克在Twitter中談到，車廠產能之所以遠低於預期是因為高估了機械人和自動化的能力，他直言「人類是被低估了」。

Social diversity can enhance Hong Kong’s innovative capability – Harbour Times

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Acquiring innovation and technology talents from overseas has proven to be a shortcut to improve the economic development of a city and even a country. According to a study from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), immigrant inventors owned twice as many patents as that of the native Americans in the United States from 1990 to 2010. That’s the reason the Hong Kong government is rolling out a fast track immigration scheme to attract more technology professionals.

Addressing the AI talent shortage – ejinsight

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Artificial intelligence (Al) is regarded as a key to the world’s future development. For businesses, acquisition of talent is crucial, which has led to universities becoming an important battlefield.

天文台公開數據叫好堪借鑑 – 信報財經新聞, StartUpBeat

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近日看到天文台用趣味方式介紹氣象冷知識，從三號風球下飛行服務隊的行動安排，到日本的飛機去程和回程所需時間不一的原因等，近日一則談到黃色暴雨為什麼也會水浸，內容幽默生動，贏得坊間不少讚賞。

Lessons SAR could learn in bid to attract more talent – China Daily

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We recently learned that President Xi Jinping had instructed relevant State agencies to help make Hong Kong a global innovation hub. Just earlier this month, the Hong Kong Immigration Department launched a three-year Technology Talent Admission Scheme. The new scheme simplifies application procedures and cuts processing time from four weeks to two weeks. A company can be granted a maximum quota of 100 each year for talent coming from the world’s most popular fields: biotechnology, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, robotics, big data, financial technology and materials science.

Women’s creativity yet to be fully harnessed – ejinsight

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Governments and organizations often cite the shortage of talent in the market, but a study suggests that many countries actually are not making full use of their human capital.

兩大原因拖慢港創科發展 – 信報財經新聞, StartUpBeat

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引進外來人才是促進地區在社會和經濟發展的捷徑。世界知識產權組織翻查在1990年至2010年的20年間，有國際專利的400多萬位發明家的出生地和國籍，發現高達近四成的瑞士發明家生於外地，其次的盧森堡亦有三成半；美國雖然排第五，只有不足兩成，但它接受最多來自中低收入國家（如中國和印度）的移民，而這批外來發明家在美國產出的專利比土生土長的科研人員多出一倍。