不拘一格培育多元人才 – 信報財經新聞, StartUpBeat

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今年西班牙IESE商學院的《智慧城市排名》，香港位居全球第九，在亞洲地區排第四。該商學院提到一個城市如何以自己的優勢定位，並以此規劃長遠策略，不但有利長治久安，也可以令城市再上一層樓。

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The mystery of Hong Kong’s lack of AI manpower – Smart Cities World Forums

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Artificial intelligence (Al) is regarded as a key to drive the world’s future development. Although Europe and the United States are dominated by private enterprises, while the Mainland China is led by national entities, the core of AI formation, in fact, is rested on available top-notch talent. The 2017 Global AI Talent White Paper released by the Tencent Research Institute in December last year stated that there are approximately 300,000 AI researchers and practitioners in the world, while the market demand for AI talent is in millions. In the first 10 months of 2017, the demand for AI talent was twice of that in 2016. The report suggests that the bottleneck is education – though there are 20,000 graduates from related disciplines each year, the number is far from adequate to meet the demand.

Hong Kong’s advantage in nurturing AI talent – ComputerWorld Hong Kong

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Today, artificial intelligence (Al) is widely regarded as the key for driving the development of the future world. In 2017, it was announced that China aims to be a global powerhouse of AI by 2030, and that national policy would fully support such a goal—while private companies would take the lead in western countries.

莫斯科智能演變成效顯著 – 信報財經新聞, StartUpBeat

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俄羅斯世界盃賽果已經塵埃落定，莫斯科的演變卻仍如火如荼，資訊科技現正全方位革新這座古城。除了重整街道、修復歷史建築物之外，它更深入民生多個方面，包括建構電子學習平台，提升學習成效；舊樓重建成智能大樓；以智能交通改善擠塞難題。

How AI can help boost student performance – ejinsight

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Currently, most artificial intelligence (AI) can only specialize in a certain scope. AlphaGo can beat the world’s top-ranked Go master while Watson can identify cancer cells within seconds, but I am afraid neither is able to guide you to the best restaurant in the neighborhood or to book a hotel room for you. According to the famous Turing Test, if a computer is able to make you believe that “it" is human, it is artificial intelligence.

阿布扎比科技大躍進 – 信報財經新聞, StartUpBeat

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7月到美國參加Esri用戶大會之旅收穫甚豐，全球1.8萬名地理資訊系統（GlS）用戶在5天密集的活動中看到嶄新的GlS應用。其中一些國家急速冒起，藉資訊科技「彎道超車」，令人刮目相看。

How people-private-public partnership can solve social problems – ejinsight

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There are widespread fears that advanced technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and automation, will lead to massive unemployment and increase the wealth gap in society.

英國開放地理數據促進經濟 – 信報財經新聞, StartUpBeat

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研究機構Navigant Research估計，2016年全球重要的地理資訊價值近16億美元（約125億港元），到2025年更會增長一倍，至32億美元（約250億港元），這些無形資產對經濟的價值可見一斑。

What HK can learn from Moscow on tackling traffic congestion – ejinsight

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Using information technology to improve the quality of living has been a common strategy of many countries in recent years.

Singapore and UK examples show how open data accelerates innovation -Harbour Times

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In June this year, Singapore and the United Kingdom took a strategic step in the same direction of innovation and development. These jurisdictions share history and close ties with Hong Kong, but are leading Hong Kong in promoting innovation. Spatial and geolocation data provide key data for the development of a smart city.