Unicorn Z.ai adapts models for Huawei chips in drive to broaden China's AI ecosystem
'The tie-up marks a major breakthrough in cloud-device collaboration between home-grown large [language] models and computational architecture, highlighting the deeper integration of a domestic AI ecosystem,' Z.ai said in the statement.
Huawei's collaboration with Z.ai – one of
China's four so-called AI tigers – marks another milestone for Huawei, days after saying it would open-source its
Compute Architecture for Neural Networks (CANN) – the software toolkit used to develop applications on the firm's Ascend AI processors – to provide an alternative platform for developers to build applications on domestic chips.
The open-source approach gives public access to a program's source code, allowing third-party software developers to share or modify its design, or scale up its capabilities.
Z.ai, formerly known as Zhipu AI, is one of China's four so-called AI tigers, which include Moonshot AI, MiniMax and Baichuan. Photo: Shutterstock
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