China AI champion iFlytek looks abroad despite U.S. crackdown

BARCELONA, Spain -- China's top provider of speech recognition tech is stepping up efforts to expand its overseas operations in Europe and elsewhere despite a U.S. crackdown on the company.

Among the AI-powered applications iFlytek is rolling out for global users are speech-to-text transcription, real-time translation, virtual assistants and voice-activated smart home systems. To accelerate this push, the company made its debut at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last month, the flagship event of the mobile and telecom industries.