Russian company to develop artificial intelligence in China

Russian company to develop artificial intelligence in China

MOSCOW, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Russia's leading anti-malware company,Kaspersky Lab, planned to invest 10 million U.S. dollars in theChinese software market, Moscow's RBC Daily reported Tuesday.

The company would develop its Nanosemantics artificialintelligence (AI) project in China, opening a research anddevelopment center there this spring, co-owner Natalia Kasperskayasaid.

Eight million dollars out of the funding would be invested by alocal Chinese partner, whose name Kasperskaya declined to reveal.

"The Chinese AI market is empty so far, so we have ambitiousplans for the introduction and development of our technology," shesaid.

The number of people using the Internet in China rose to 457million by the end of 2010, up 73.3 million from a year earlier,meaning more than a third of the Chinese population is online,according to the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC).