Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po said on Sunday that Hong Kong is advancing Artificial Intelligence development, including plans to open its first humanoid robot-operated convenience store.
Chan noted in his blog that the Sandy Ridge Data Facility Cluster is under construction and expected to deliver 180,000 PFLOPS by 2032, which is 36 times the current capacity. The Artificial Intelligence Subsidy Scheme has already approved more than 30 projects covering areas such as Large Language Models and Embodied Intelligence. The Committee on AI+ and Industry Development Strategy has been formed and will hold its first meeting this month. Hong Kong will soon open a 24-hour convenience store in Hung Hom operated by a humanoid robot from a mainland Chinese company focused on Embodied AI, its first outside the mainland.
