Lenovo to increase its AI efforts in Hong Kong, citing city’s embrace of emerging technology

Lenovo Group, the world’s biggest personal computer (PC) maker, is increasing its artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives in Hong Kong, where it says companies are more willing to embrace AI than elsewhere.

In a recent survey of global corporate chief information officers (CIOs) by Lenovo, 95 per cent of those in Hong Kong said that their requests for a budget for AI were being met or exceeded, while 44 per cent said that they have “more than what is needed”, the company revealed at its annual Lenovo Tech World event, held in Hong Kong on Thursday.

Nine out of 10 Hong Kong CIOs also said that they have the talent they need to adopt AI, according to Lenovo, which said it will publish a full report later this year.

Hong Kong is more ready and “willing to lean in” to embrace AI, with the city’s developed social-economic situation allowing companies to invest in new technologies, Linda Yao, chief operating officer and head of strategy at Lenovo Solutions & Services Group, said in an interview with the Post on the sidelines of the event.

“From a technology perspective, overall technology maturity is higher [in Hong Kong] because the organisations in Hong Kong have more experience with the Western tech stack as well as the Eastern tech stack,” Yao said.

Lenovo also presented a series of new enterprise-facing AI solutions to Hong Kong companies, including Care of One, a workplace management platform that uses AI to collect information and analyse what software and hardware different employees need to do their jobs.