AI Expands Across Asian Agriculture, Law, and Healthcare in May 2021
Artificial intelligence deployments across Asia accelerate in sectors ranging from agricultural pest prediction to legal sentencing. Major tech firms simultaneously push new AI tools for dermatology and women in tech programs across the region.
Artificial intelligence developments across Asia show rapid expansion into diverse industries during May 2021. In India, startups leverage AI to significantly boost silk farmers' incomes by up to 30 percent, while Wadhwani AI partners with Google to create an app-based system that identifies crop pests and predicts disease trajectories. Additionally, L&T Technology Services and Intel collaborate on an AI guidance system designed to help drivers easily locate nearby parking spaces.
The legal and government sectors also embrace AI technology to streamline operations and improve public services. The University of Hong Kong launches an AI Lawyer and sentencing predictor specifically focused on drug trafficking offenses. Meanwhile, the Philippine government takes a major step by establishing a National Center for AI Research to support its newly unveiled national AI Roadmap.
Major technology giants introduce new AI applications while researchers highlight emerging cybersecurity challenges. Microsoft expands its Azure Women in AI Program across multiple Asian countries, and Google unveils a tool that uses artificial intelligence to diagnose skin, hair, and nail conditions from patient-uploaded images. However, cybersecurity experts warn that the latest generation of neural networks is vulnerable to a novel type of attack that forces the systems to consume excessive amounts of energy.