State Council: Cultivate artificial intelligence application service providers and develop "model as a service," "intelligent body as a service," etc.

The State Council has issued opinions on deepening the implementation of the "Artificial Intelligence+" action. The opinions point out the need to optimize the application development environment, layout and construct a number of national artificial intelligence application pilot bases, and build industry application common platforms. It is necessary to promote the intelligent transformation of software and information service enterprises, restructure product forms and service modes, cultivate artificial intelligence application service providers, develop "model as a service" and "intelligent body as a service", and create an artificial intelligence application service chain. Improve the construction guidelines for artificial intelligence application scenarios, openness evaluation and incentive policies, and improve the application trial-error management system. Strengthen intellectual property protection, transformation and collaborative applications. Accelerate the formulation of artificial intelligence standards in key areas, and promote linkage of cross-industry, cross-domain, and international standards.