A Chinese national flag flies in front of Google China's headquarters in Beijing on Thursday. Jason Lee/Reuters
SCMP/Bloomberg: Unfazed by trade war, Google collaborates with Huawei on health care AI initiative
* Huawei’s new Track AI product for diagnosing eye conditions was built with Google’s TensorFlow software
* A creative team that works with Google’s advertising clients also provided marketing help to Huawei
When Huawei Technologies announced its latest smartphone last week, the world’s largest telecommunications equipment maker also shared another product. Track AI promises to pair software with Huawei devices to let “non-trained professionals” diagnose eye conditions.
Missing from the Chinese company’s announcement was Google’s work behind the scenes.
Huawei built Track AI using TensorFlow, a set of artificial intelligence software tools from Alphabet’s Google. TensorFlow is also open-source, so anyone, anywhere can use it and Google cannot control access.
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Oh man if there was ever any one place where AI could go wrong it's China.
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