A robotic shark is seen at the Apsara Conference, a cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) conference, in Hangzhou, in China's eastern Zhejiang Province, on Oct. 19, 2021. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
China’s leading artificial intelligence (AI) firms have had a stressful year in 2022. Some reported heavy losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the chip ban, and the U.S. sanctions over their role in human rights abuses in Xinjiang.
iFlytek Voice Recognition
On April 20, iFlytek, China’s voice-computer champion, reported a revenue of 18.82 billion yuan ($2.73 billion), a year-on-year decrease of 63 percent, for 2022 net profit.
Mary Hong
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Mary Hong is a former Epoch Times reporter based in Taiwan. She covered China news, U.S.–China relations, and human rights issues.