京東宣布通過人工智能強勢進軍養(yǎng)豬業(yè)

JD Finance, the financial technology arm of China'se-commerce tycoon JD.com, unveiled the upgrade of its brand last Tuesday with JD Digits, and a move to make inroads into the agricultural and husbandry industry via AI technology.

上周二，中國電商巨頭京東旗下的子公司京東金融，宣布了品牌升級為京東數(shù)字科技，并通過人工智能技術進軍農(nóng)業(yè)和畜牧業(yè)。

Speaking about the rationale to focus on this specific area, Cao Peng, vice president and general manager of JD Digits, said that while many sectors in China have great value and opportunities, the pig-breeding industry is one of a few industries that have the willingness to change its status quo.

在談到關注這一特定領域的理由時，京東數(shù)字科技副總裁兼總經(jīng)理曹鵬表示，盡管中國許多行業(yè)都有巨大的價值和機遇，但養(yǎng)豬業(yè)是少數(shù)幾個愿意改變現(xiàn)狀的行業(yè)之一。

China possesses approximately half of the world's supply of pigs. However, the cost is about two times as high as its American counterpart due to lack of efficiency, said Li Defa, professor of Animal Science and Technology College of China Agriculture University.

中國的生豬供應量約占世界生豬供應量的一半。不過，中國農(nóng)業(yè)大學動物科技學院教授李德發(fā)稱，由于缺乏效率，這一成本大約是美國同類產(chǎn)品的兩倍。

The "pig face recognition" algorithm developed by JD Digits can correlate the abnormal behaviors of pigs with its growth profile, immune information and real-time physical conditions so that the breeder could be notified in the first place.

由京東數(shù)字科技開發(fā)的“豬臉識別”算法，可以將豬的異常行為與豬的生長狀況、免疫信息和實時生理狀況聯(lián)系起來，從而使育種者能夠在第一時間得到通知。

In addition, inspection robots, IoT and other technologies are also applied in areas such as environmental control, disease recognition, waste processing, and ingredients allocation for feed.

此外，檢測機器人、物聯(lián)網(wǎng)和其他技術也被應用于環(huán)境控制、疾病識別、廢物處理和飼料配料分配等領域。

According to JD Digits, the solution has been introduced to the pig-breeding industry, where it can decrease costs by more than 30 percent, reducing fodder by up to 10 percent and shortening the slaughter time to around five to eight days.

據(jù)京東數(shù)字科技介紹，該解決方案已被引入養(yǎng)豬業(yè)，可降低成本30%以上，減少飼料多達10%，并將屠宰時間縮短至5至8天左右。

If the entire Chinese pig-breeding industry applies it, the solution could lower costs by up to 50 billion yuan (7.25 billion U.S. dollars).

如果整個中國養(yǎng)豬業(yè)都采用它，這個解決方案可以節(jié)約500億元人民幣(72.5億美元)的成本。

This is not the first time that Chinese tech companies bring digital technologies to the pig farming industry. Nine years ago, William Ding, CEO of Chinese gaming company Net Ease, opened a pig farm raising non-GMO black hogs under its agricultural brand Weiyang.

這并不是中國科技公司第一次將數(shù)字技術引入養(yǎng)豬業(yè)。九年前，中國游戲公司網(wǎng)易的首席執(zhí)行官丁磊開設了一個養(yǎng)豬場，以其農(nóng)業(yè)品牌味央飼養(yǎng)非轉(zhuǎn)基因黑豬。

Earlier this June, Alibaba's cloud unit rolled out its ET Agricultural Brain, providing AI solutions to leading pig farming companies in the country.

今年6月初，阿里巴巴的云部門推出了其ET農(nóng)業(yè)大腦，為中國領先的養(yǎng)豬業(yè)公司提供人工智能解決方案。