AI helps the current economy and society enter the era of the intelligent economy. The world is entering a reshaping period driven by a new generation of information technology. Artificial Intelligence (AI), as an important enabling technology, has a “lead-goose effect” with strong spillovers and driving forces for activating the real economy, and has a strong impact on building  national scientific and technological influence. Artificial intelligence has become a new technology hotspot in countries around the world, and the construction of AI infrastructure has also become an important starting point and focus. The next ten years will be a golden period for the global development of the digital economy and the entry of an intelligent economy and society. Focusing on the development of artificial intelligence infrastructure will provide strong traction for the development of China’s AI industry and the vigorous development of the digital economy.

The AI ​​framework is the operating system of the smart economy era. As a basic tool in the development of artificial intelligence, the AI ​​framework plays the role of the operating system in the AI ​​technology ecosystem, and is an important carrier of AI academic innovation and industrial commercialization, helping artificial intelligence move from theory to practice and quickly into scenario-based applications. The era is also one of the necessary infrastructures for the development of artificial intelligence. With their increasing importance, AI frameworks have become one of the focuses of AIe industry innovation, attracting the attention of academia and industry.

In this context, the white paper is committed to clarifying the concept, evolution, technical system and functional significance of the AI ​​framework. By sorting out and summarizing the current development status of the AI ​​framework, it studies and judges the development trend of AI framework technologies, and proposes prospects and recommendations for the path forward for the development of AI frameworks. Since AI frameworks are still in the stage of rapid development, our understanding of the AI ​​framework needs to be continuously deepened. We welcome criticism and correction of the deficiencies in the white paper. Read More