Yang Yuanqing: Building "Pocket to Cloud" Capability and Panoramic Artificial Intelligence

On October 25th, Yang Yuanqing, Chairman and CEO of Lenovo Group, showcased a series of artificial intelligence innovative technology achievements such as Lenovo's first AIPC, large model compression technology, and AI twins at the 9th Lenovo Innovation Technology Conference (Lenovo TechWorld 2023).Yang Yuanqing pointed out in his speech that with the rapid development of generative artificial intelligence and big language models, artificial intelligence technology has become so real for the first time, and is closely related to every person and every enterprise

On October 25th, Yang Yuanqing, Chairman and CEO of Lenovo Group, showcased a series of artificial intelligence innovative technology achievements such as Lenovo's first AIPC, large model compression technology, and AI twins at the 9th Lenovo Innovation Technology Conference (Lenovo TechWorld 2023).

Yang Yuanqing pointed out in his speech that with the rapid development of generative artificial intelligence and big language models, artificial intelligence technology has become so real for the first time, and is closely related to every person and every enterprise. While celebrating technological progress, Lenovo has also begun a deeper exploration.

To create a panoramic artificial intelligence, the computing power of "from pocket to cloud" and various forms of applications are what we need, and solutions from different industries are also crucial. At the same time, people not only favor the function of public large models to answer questions, but also often hope that the questions asked and the answers obtained are only stored on their own devices or within the enterprise. How can we achieve 'both necessary and necessary'? The answer is to combine the public big model with the personal big model, as well as the enterprise level big model.

AI ushers in hardware revolution

Generative AI and large language models provide lighthouse guidance, but the true implementation of artificial intelligence relies on the load of hardware and devices. The Lenovo's first AIPC showcased at the conference has made the ultimate carrier of AI a reality.

AIPC will bring about a revolution in productivity. As a disruptive hybrid of devices, edge computing and cloud technology, AIPC will not only have powerful computing power and advanced AI technology, but also bring innovative interaction methods and visual experience, fully meet the needs of new generative AI workloads, and provide users with customized experience.

AIPC provides privacy and data protection. Yang Yuanqing emphasized that thanks to Lenovo's large model compression technology, Lenovo AIPC has the ability to run personal large models and can run locally without involving cloud operations, thus ensuring personal privacy and data security.

Personal artificial intelligence twin devices become a digital extension for users

Yang Yuanqing said that intelligent devices are like racing cars, they are the ultimate carrier for artificial intelligence to reach end users. The future personal computer will be an artificial intelligence computer, the future mobile phone will be an artificial intelligence phone, and the future workstation will be an artificial intelligence workstation.

On these devices and edge devices that support artificial intelligence functions, a local knowledge base will be established to better understand users. The personal big model will use personal data stored on devices or home servers for inference. Unless authorized by the user, their personal data will never be shared or sent to the public cloud. It can even predict tasks based on users' thinking patterns and independently find solutions. From this, the device is like a digital extension of the user, just like the user's twin, we call it the "personal artificial intelligence twin".

Lenovo is working in this direction, bringing artificial intelligence technology to everyone and making it accessible. Soon, on everyone's AIPC, users will be able to create local knowledge bases, run personal basic big models, support artificial intelligence calculations, and utilize natural interactions.

Enterprise level artificial intelligence twins provide support for intelligent solutions

Yang Yuanqing stated that the enterprise level artificial intelligence twins are the sum total of a series of enterprise level artificial intelligence applications. They possess in-depth knowledge related to the enterprise and can ensure that relevant information is private and secure. They can extract relevant information from intelligent devices, intelligent edges, and private clouds within the enterprise or organization, summarize and integrate it into judgments and conclusions, and provide suggestions.

Yang Yuanqing believes that enterprise level big models will coexist with public big models and public clouds, forming a hybrid form and deployment of artificial intelligence. In many scenarios, this mixed trend has emerged, such as mixed office and digital office spaces.

Lenovo has been deeply involved in this field for many years and has applied advanced artificial intelligence technology to improve work efficiency, demand forecasting, and decision-making abilities in management, manufacturing, supply chain, and customer service.

Building the "pocket to cloud" capability and panoramic artificial intelligence

The implementation, popularization, and security of AI are not only the topic of intelligent devices, but also related to the full product portfolio and comprehensive and panoramic capability layout.

Yang Yuanqing cleverly compares racing cars, tracks, and destinations to explain the three key elements of creating panoramic artificial intelligence and driving AI from practice to effectiveness: intelligent devices, intelligent infrastructure, and intelligent solutions.

Intelligent devices are racing cars, the ultimate carrier for artificial intelligence to reach end users, and are becoming an important breakthrough for the future development and implementation of AI. Intelligent infrastructure is the track and the computing power support required behind the development of artificial intelligence. Intelligent solutions are the destinations that we bring users to, and the results of delivery that combine the different needs of various industries. They will help global enterprises accelerate the deployment of artificial intelligence and achieve the popularization of artificial intelligence.

Collaborate with global AI partners to implement the AIforAll concept

Allowing everyone to share AI driven intelligent productivity is inseparable from the joint efforts of the entire industry and partners, practicing the "AI for All" concept together. Yang Yuanqing had conversations with Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella, NVIDIA Founder, President and CEO Huang Renxun, Intel CEO Pat Kissinger, AMD Chairman and CEO Su Zifeng, Qualcomm President and CEO Cristiano Ammon, and F1 Chairman and CEO Stefano Domenicali, and announced multiple strategic collaborations in the fields of equipment, infrastructure, and solutions.

In the field of intelligent solutions, Lenovo Group has incorporated the vision of personal AI twins and enterprise AI twins into its future solutions with Microsoft. In the field of infrastructure, Lenovo Group has partnered with NVIDIA to launch a new hybrid artificial intelligence plan, bringing next-generation cloud artificial intelligence technology to enterprise users around the world. Lenovo and Intel are working together to promote the large-scale application of AI on all workloads in the client, edge, network, and cloud. Lenovo Group and AMD continue to work closely together in areas such as smart devices, infrastructure, and solutions. Meanwhile, Qualcomm is steadily implementing generative artificial intelligence models with billions of parameters, enabling Lenovo products to provide more support for user productivity and creativity.

Artificial intelligence has endowed life with more possibilities. Lenovo Group will work with its partners to bring artificial intelligence to users and make it within reach. Yang Yuanqing calls for the pursuit of AI for goodness, "and goes all out to build a fairer, more inclusive, and smarter world