The next morning, after Han Luyi met up with Zhao Wenyuan and the others, they headed straight to the registration desk on the hotel's second floor.
The opening ceremony of the Singapore AI Conference would begin at nine in the main conference hall. The registration area was already packed with attendees from around the world, who chatted in English in a variety of accents as they waited in line.
As invited speakers, Source Intelligence had a separate registration desk, so the group soon made it into the venue.
They immediately spotted promotional displays for various companies, with Nexus AI particularly prominent. There were also plenty of companies offering computing platforms, data monitoring, and cybersecurity.
A conference devoted to AI was bound to attract plenty of businesses. The advertisements on these displays targeted precisely the right audience, and there were ample business opportunities here.
Zhao Wenyuan couldn't help complaining, "Didn't they say they were commercially neutral and didn't accept sponsorships?"
Liu Yu explained beside him, "They don't accept our sponsorships."
Zhao Wenyuan glanced at Liu Yu. A fine explanation. Next time, spare him.
Han Luyi looked around himself. The looping videos and advertising stands all featured European and American companies. Even Dingsheng and ByteDance were absent.
Given what Han Luyi knew about Dingsheng, this certainly wasn't because they hadn't wanted to advertise.
The conference committee's sponsorship criteria very clearly included the company's country of origin.
The group toured the exhibition area, then found empty seats in the VIP Area up front. With a strange expression, Zhao Wenyuan said to Han Luyi, "Boss Han, don't you think it's odd? They're so deliberately suppressing us, intentionally excluding Glutinous Rice Ball from the test results. Why invite us at all?" Han Luyi didn't find it odd.
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