Emir BardakçıThis might be a major development that could redefine Xiaomi’s ambitions in the field of artificial intelligence: Luo Fuli, one of the major developers of DeepSeek’s open-sourced large model DeepSeek-V2, is joining Xiaomi to lead its large-scale AI model team. This strategic recruitment underlines Xiaomi’s commitment to advancing its AI capabilities under the charismatic leadership of CEO Lei Jun.
Accomplished Background of Luo Fuli
She gained her graduate study from the Institute of Computational Linguistics at Peking University. Luo Fuli is packed with extensive experience in researching and developing AI. With an opening at Alibaba’s DAMO Academy, the beginning of her career gradually established itself. During those early times, she had made critical contributions to developing their multilingual pre-training model VECO. Of course, VECO attained international reputation for cross-lingual comprehension and generation capability; the powerful VECO model had already been housed inside the advanced deep language model system called AliceMind, offered by Alibaba.
In 2022, Luo joined DeepSeek and became a deep learning researcher. He then participated in the development of DeepSeek-V2, an advanced large model MoE.
Late Start of Xiaomi in Large AI Models
Lei Jun had earlier expressed apprehension on the grounds of Xiaomi’s entering into the realm of big-scale AI models too late, as reportedly spearheading the attraction of highly qualified personnel in his business by offering several tens of millions in Yuan salaries. Xiaomi is keen on showing its strength in coming out on top in a revolution of intelligence. Being seen as essential to further develop this line, a major role lies with Lou Fuli in this move.
Xiaomi AI Lab and Large Model Team
In April 2023, Xiaomi AI Lab officially set up a large model team and appointed Luan Jian as its head. The team directly reported to Wang Bin, Vice Chairman of Xiaomi and AI Lab Director, to develop state-of-the-art AI solutions. An accomplished AI researcher, Luan Jian had previously worked at Toshiba, Microsoft (China), and Microsoft Xiaoice in key positions on speech and AI systems. Strategic Implications
By bringing Luo Fuli onboard, Xiaomi shores up large model development and strengthens its commitment toward nurturing cutting-edge AI innovations. His experience will be of essence in leading work on multilingual and large-scale AI models that are likely to make pivotal contributions in driving Xiaomi’s AI ecosystem-and quite likely even shape its strategy regarding smart devices, voice assistants, and other AI-driven services. This recruitment is indicative of the aggressive approach Xiaomi has shown towards AI development and reflects Lei Jun’s long-term vision of integrating advanced AI technologies into Xiaomi’s ecosystem. With Luo Fuli on board, Xiaomi’s AI Lab is bound to make significant strides in the competitive AI landscape.
