On October 23, 2024, the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area Artificial Intelligence Industry Conference was held in Nansha, Guangzhou. The "2024 Guangdong Province Artificial Intelligence Industry Development White Paper" (hereinafter referred to as the "White Paper") released on site showed that as of 2023, the core industry scale of artificial intelligence in Guangdong Province is nearly 180 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of about 18%; As of December 2023, the cumulative number of authorized artificial intelligence invention patents in Guangdong Province has exceeded 140000, ranking first in the country. Through independent research and development, open source deployment, and commercial calling, the application of large models is gradually penetrating into various aspects of Guangdong's industrial field, and the province's large models have entered an accelerated period of development The relevant person in charge of the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology stated that currently, artificial intelligence has shown great potential for development in various industries such as manufacturing, and has become the key to promoting social progress and industrial upgrading. Artificial intelligence enterprises are important carriers of industry development. According to the White Paper, as of September 2024, there are over 1500 core artificial intelligence enterprises in the province. Among them, there are 101 national specialized and new "little giant" enterprises in artificial intelligence, 26 unicorn enterprises in artificial intelligence, and 90 listed companies in artificial intelligence. The first batch of 66 typical cases of artificial intelligence applications in Guangdong Province were released at the conference, covering 12 fields including technological breakthroughs, manufacturing, healthcare, transportation, and education. Artificial intelligence technology is infiltrating and integrating into various fields of the economy and society in Guangdong Province, giving rise to application scenarios such as intelligent equipment, intelligent factories, and intelligent services, as well as new manufacturing, new services, new formats, and new products The relevant person in charge of the Digital Industry Promotion Department of the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology stated that overall, Guangdong enterprises have generally recognized the significant strategic opportunities brought by artificial intelligence in technological revolution and industrial transformation. From the perspective of application fields, cutting-edge technologies of artificial intelligence are mainly applied in major links such as production and manufacturing, operation management, and exploring their application in other links such as research and development design, warehousing and logistics. For example, in the design field, time can be shortened from one day to a few minutes, production efficiency can be increased by 30% compared to traditional manual methods, and inventory capacity in the warehousing field can be increased by 50%. At present, large models have entered a period of accelerated development The aforementioned person in charge of the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology introduced that, however, there are still problems such as a lack of large-scale models in vertical industries, low matching between large-scale models and production scenarios, and high application costs. Next, we will build a public service platform for manufacturing industry applications, regularly release typical cases and terminal products of artificial intelligence, large models and solutions, and accelerate the empowerment of artificial intelligence in various industries, especially in empowering the development of new industrialization The aforementioned person in charge of the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology said. The scale of artificial intelligence trainers will experience explosive growth. According to the White Paper, there will be over 1000 participants in the evaluation of artificial intelligence professional titles in Guangdong Province in 2024. At the meeting, the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao (Nansha) Artificial Intelligence Industry Empowerment Center and the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao (Nansha) Artificial Intelligence Industry Innovation Center were established, which will promote the cultivation of artificial intelligence industry talents and the transformation and upgrading of industrial data in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area, and enhance the innovation capability of the regional artificial intelligence industry. (New Society)