Tencent Cloud ramps up AI efforts with slew of new products

Tencent Cloud, the cloud computing arm of internet giant Tencent, is stepping up its artificial intelligence focus with an eye on the burgeoning growth, profit opportunities for the sector in China.

The cloud computing service provider on Wednesday launched a series of new AI products that seek to lower the skill barriers for enterprise customers.

"The blossoming AI, big data and other digital technologies over recent years strongly point toward an inevitable trend of intelligent upgrade of industries," said Wang Long, vice-president of Tencent Cloud. "Companies yearn for more sophisticated AI application scenarios to generate new momentum for industrial development."