How to promote innovative applications of artificial intelligence? "The government, enterprises and research institutions need to work together to strengthen technological innovation and standardization, cultivate talent teams, and promote international cooperation, so as to accelerate the development and application of AI technology." This is the reply given by Baidu's "ERNIE Bot".

Since the beginning of this year, artificial intelligence technology and its innovative applications in various industries have become a hot topic in the field of technology.

Innovative application of artificial intelligence and integration of digital economy and real economy have accelerated and policy guidance is the key. The President Xi Jinping emphasized that artificial intelligence is an important driving force for the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, and accelerating the development of the new generation of artificial intelligence is a strategic issue related to whether China can seize the opportunities of the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation. Industrial policies including the New Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Plan, Notice of the Ministry of Science and Technology on Supporting the Construction of New Generation Artificial Intelligence Demonstration Application Scenarios, and Three Year Action Plan for the Development of New Data Centers (2021-2023) provide guarantees for the innovative application of artificial intelligence. The information and communication industry should have a profound understanding of great significance of accelerating the development of the new generation of artificial intelligence, conscientiously implement relevant deployments, continuously expand new scenarios of digital economy and real economy integration applications, and comprehensively improve the quality and level of artificial intelligence development.

Innovative application of artificial intelligence and integration of digital economy and real economy have accelerated, and putting people first as the goal. Based on the ability improvement of 5G communication network and the vigorous development of Big data applications, AI has developed to inject tremendous momentum into the improvement of people's life quality and enterprise production quality and efficiency. In the field of animal husbandry, artificial intelligence is integrated into livestock monitoring, gradually realizing the digitization, visualization, and intelligence of animal husbandry. In the industrial field, intelligent sorting robots, automatic material following carts, and other intelligent robots are widely used in factory workshops. In the field of service industry, artificial intelligence and big data analysis technology can analyze user behavior and interests, thereby achieving precise marketing and advertising... As a strategic technology leading the current technological revolution and industrial transformation, the deep integration of artificial intelligence with various industry sectors will effectively ensure safe production, optimize management and operation, lead the upgrading of the industrial chain, and accelerate the transformation from manufacturing to intelligent manufacturing so as to contribute wisdom to the construction of digital China.

Innovative application of artificial intelligence and integration of digital economy and real economy have accelerated, and the focus is strengthening basic theoretical research. We often say that theory should guide practice, and this is also true for the high-quality development of artificial intelligence. It is necessary to use the basic theory of artificial intelligence to guide the development of technology and applications. Only with a solid foundation can artificial intelligence buildings be built high. How to do it specifically? The Report on the Work of the Government pointed out the direction that science and technology policies should focus on self-reliance. We should improve the new national system, leverage the organizational role of the government in tackling key core technologies, highlight the dominant position of enterprises in scientific and technological innovation and accelerate the development and application promotion of cutting-edge technologies. AI plays an increasingly important role in the digital transformation of many fields, and the rapid update and iteration of related technologies and algorithms can not be separated from the important support of basic theoretical research. Only by paying long-term attention to basic theoretical research can we promote the healthy and orderly development of artificial intelligence from the source and expand its application scenarios in numerous industry fields.

Artificial intelligence is in the ascendant, and the "intelligence+" industry applications are emerging rapidly. According to calculations by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, the scale of China’s artificial intelligence core industry reached 508 billion Chinese yuan in 2022, an increase of 18% year-on-year. We believe that accelerating the improvement of digital infrastructure construction such as 5G, big data, and Industrial Internet will provide solid support for the deep integration of artificial intelligence and the real economy, and the expansion of digital economy and real economy integration application scenarios, so as to inject intellectual empowerment for the high-quality development of China’s digital economy.