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UNIDO and Huawei Launch the Global Alliance on Artificial Intelligence for

Industry and Manufacturing (AIM Global) at World AI Conference in Shanghai

At the sixth World Artificial Intelligence
Conference (WAIC), UNIDO, Huawei, and
other partners officially launched on 6 July
2023 the "Global Alliance on Artificial In-
telligence for Industry and Manufacturing"
(AIM Global). Led by UNIDO, AIM Global
will integrate public and private partners
to foster the use of and innovation around
AI in industry and manufacturing. Address-
ing the WAIC audience during the opening
ceremony, Mr. Gerd Müller UNIDO Direc-
tor General, said: "It is our shared respon-
sibility to ensure that advancements in
the field of AI are made in a manner that
is safe, ethical, sustainable and inclusive.
AIM Global recognizes the importance of
bridging the digital divide between nations
and industries, and ensuring that no one is
left behind in the AI revolution. AIM Glob-
al will be at the forefront of shaping the AI
landscape. Let us work collaboratively to research." The Alliance will benefit from the ment of AI technologies specific to industry
build a future where AI is a force for good, local networks and insights of UNIDO's in- and manufacturing. Second, the Alliance
where its benefits are accessible to all, and vestment and technology promotion offic- and its partners will engage to develop and
where innovation thrives in harmony with es that offer support to SMEs globally. The promote ethical guidelines for the use of AI
our shared values." Mr. Gerd Müller UNIDO resulting deep understanding of actual SME in industry and manufacturing. Those will
Director General highlights the importance challenges across sectors will inform the include environmental as well as societal
of working collaboratively to build a future strategy of AIM Global in order to maximize criteria. Third, with the help of the Alliance
where AI is a force for good "We are proud its impact. UNIDO is committed to support- UNIDO seeks to convey policy recommen-
to be a strategic partner of AIM Global. ing pioneering efforts to enhance industrial dations to governments and international
Working closely with UNIDO and other Al- competitiveness and sustainable develop- organizations on the use of AI in industry
liance partners, Huawei will use AI to bring ment through AI. Mr. Ciyong Zou, Deputy to and manufacturing. This shall drive the de-
new momentum to industry development," the Director General and Managing Director velopment of national AI strategies. Finally,
said Vicky Zhang, Vice President Corporate of UNIDO, Vicky Zhang, Vice President of AIM Global will promote the adoption of
Communications at Huawei. She added: Corporate Communications at Huawei, and best practices for the use of AI in industry
"Huawei is building a strong foundation in other partners during the official launch of and manufacturing. Huawei will actively
computing capabilities and is launching AIM Global AIM Global will serve as a plat- support AIM Global with case studies on
multiple large models designed for specific form for collaboration, knowledge sharing, industrial AI implementation, insights from
industries. Our goal is to develop AI solu- and the development of best practices. its intensive research and development as
tions that more effectively serve all indus- It will focus on four key areas. First, AIM well as making its global network of ex-
tries – and that better support scientific Global will facilitate research and develop- perts available.

Huawei Obtains Highest-Level Security Certification for Smart Device Oss

Huawei's HongMeng Kernel was awarded certification in this particular domain. OS lab, performed the security evaluation for
the industry's first Evaluation Assurance kernels are the foundation of OS security HongMeng Kernel. Mr. Kai-Fan Chang, COO
Level 6 Augmented (EAL6+) certificate and privacy. CC, also known as the ISO/ Asia of SGS Brightsight, said: "SGS Bright-
as part of Common Criteria for Informa- IEC 15408 standard, is an information se- sight, the largest security evaluation lab in
tion Technology Security Evaluation (CC), curity certification that is among the most the world, is honored to have performed the
the highest security level available in the influential in the global IT industry. CC is a security evaluation of Huawei's HongMeng
field of general-purpose operating system widely used and globally recognized stan- Kernel and found that it reached interna-
(OS) kernels. Huawei is the world's first dard for product security evaluation. SGS tional Common Criteria EAL6+ level. We
smart device manufacturer to receive the Brightsight, a major security evaluation believe that HongMeng Kernel will become

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