Beijing calls upon cloud providers to support China's AGI firms

Beijing is asking cloud providers to help AI firms in China. The Chinese government is seeking public opinion on a policy to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI), which can theoretically perform all tasks. The policy aims to support AI firms by syncing cloud providers and data companies worldwide. The AGI blueprint focuses on computing power, training data, and applications, with a centralized platform being proposed. Alibaba, Huawei, Tencent, and Baidu are among China's top cloud providers. The policy includes a list of potential AI pilot applications, such as medicine, finance, and transportation.