Exhibitors say the projects are based on the center's “independently trained” large-scale language models that support both Chinese and English.
This is Hong Kong's first locally developed foundation model and represents a “groundbreaking advance in AI innovation,” said Guo Yike, president of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and director of HKGAI.
At the nearby Smart Hong Kong Pavilion, the Government's Office of the Chief Information Officer unveiled a translation tool for the hearing impaired called Generative Sign Language.
Exhibitors say the tool leverages machine learning and generative AI to detect the movements and facial expressions that make up sign language and translate them into spoken language in real time, and vice versa.
The technology will benefit Hong Kong's 200,000 hearing-impaired people, allowing them to access information in their native sign language, the exhibitor said.
RealAI Intelligent Technology, an exhibitor from Beijing, demonstrated RealGuard, a tool that can detect videos and images of human faces generated by AI for malicious purposes in real time. RealAI says the technology is used in industries such as government and financial services to verify the identity of individuals.
The second edition of InnoEX, themed “Innovation for a Smarter World,” was hosted by the city's Department of Innovation, Technology and Industry and the Hong Kong Trade Development Board, and focused on 13 countries and regions, including Canada and India. A pavilion was exhibited.
Mainland China was also a great success, with 20 pavilions from 16 provinces and cities exhibiting.
“The scale of trade shows is returning to pre-pandemic levels, or even bigger,” said Miguel Johansen, a Mexican electronics buyer who has been attending electronics fairs for 14 years.
“We're looking at a lot of new options, including drones, robots and other technology solutions,” he said, holding a cup of freshly brewed coffee from a machine with a robotic arm.
