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RESEARCH, ANALYSIS & TRENDS

3. Silicon Photonic Chips: A widespread use of 8. Perceptive Soft Robotics: Perceptive soft robot-
silicon photonic chips in high-speed data transmis- ics will replace conventional robots in the manu-
sion in large-scale data centers. facturing industry and pave the way for wider
adoption of service robots in our daily life.
4. AI for Renewable Energy: AI to pave the way for
integration of renewable energy sources into the 9. Satellite-terrestrial Integrated Computing: Sat-
power grid and contribute to the safe, efficient, ellites and terrestrial systems will work as compu-
and reliable operation of the power grid. ting nodes to constitute an integrated network sys-
tem providing ubiquitous connectivity. In addition,
5. High-precision Medicine: People-centric preci- Alibaba expects to see the future AI shifting to the
sion medicine become a major trend that will span co-evolution of large- and small-scale models via
multiple fields of healthcare, including disease clouds, edges, and devices.
prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
10. Co-evolution of Large- and Small-scale AI
6. Privacy-preserving Computation: Ground- Models: The future AI is shifting from the race on
breaking improvements in the performance and the scalability of foundation models to the co-
interpretability of privacy-preserving computation evolution of large- and small-scale models via
and witness the emergence of data trust entities clouds, edges, and devices, which is more useful
that provide data sharing services based on the in practice.
technology.
For more detailed information, please read the full re-
7. Extended Reality (XR): A new generation of XR port. (Source: Alibaba Group) ◊
glasses that have an indistinguishable look and
feel from ordinary glasses entering the market and By MediaBUZZ
serving as a key entry point to the next generation
of Internet. In the next five years, the company
expects to see perceptive soft robotics replacing
conventional robots in the manufacturing industry,
and satellites and terrestrial systems working as
computing nodes providing ubiquitous connectivi-
ty.

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