After 18 years of development in the Taiwanese market, Google has been promoting the Smart Taiwan Project and various initiatives since 2018 to help the Taiwanese market accelerate its growth through the wave of artificial intelligence and move towards its vision of becoming the "Silicon Valley of Asia." Today (July 7), Google announced that it will use artificial intelligence to help improve the resilience of the Taiwanese market and build a future of sustainable growth.
Google Taiwan General Manager Lin Yafang quoted the Access Partnership research report and said that Google's artificial intelligence products and services will help Taiwanese companies and users create approximately NT$2023 billion in economic value by 6822, of which more than a quarter will come from small and medium-sized enterprises. She emphasized that artificial intelligence will not only drive Taiwan's semiconductor industry, but will also comprehensively enhance the output value and competitiveness of various industries.
Google has already built its largest hardware R&D base in Taiwan outside of its US headquarters, and has established its first Google data center in the Asia-Pacific region. It has also invested in the construction of three submarine cables to strengthen Taiwan's market infrastructure and promote greater access to network computing resources. This will also allow local Taiwanese businesses to use Google's artificial intelligence services and cloud computing platforms to expand their businesses.
As the market currently emphasizes resilient development, Google plans to leverage artificial intelligence to help promote Taiwan's economic, digital, and social resilience. This includes providing Google products and services to promote the development and application of artificial intelligence technology, thereby driving greater market economic scale. Furthermore, digital development will strengthen cybersecurity capabilities to prevent various cyber threats.
In addition, Google also explained that the original idea of developing artificial intelligence was to help everyone improve their lives, including safeguarding the well-being of human society. For example, it cooperated with the medical system in Taiwan to introduce artificial intelligence to help fight disease. It also helped to cultivate scientific and digital talents, helping Taiwanese talents seize opportunities for artificial intelligence development. It also cooperated with academic institutions and funded more than 40 research projects. By the end of this year, 11 more funded research projects are expected, 8 of which will focus on large-scale natural language models and machine learning. It also plans to invite relevant scholars to serve as Google Taiwan resident scientists to work with local teams in Taiwan to solve artificial intelligence technology challenges.
In terms of future development, Lin Yafang also emphasized the need to continue investing resources to develop people-oriented, safe, reliable, and trustworthy artificial intelligence technology in Taiwan, and to collaborate with the Taiwanese government, businesses, academia, and civil society to build a complete artificial intelligence ecosystem. At the same time, she also looks forward to jointly building a more resilient and prosperous Taiwan through open exchanges, talent cultivation, and industry-university collaboration.
