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Shum: XiaoIce powers 90% of Chinese corporate earnings summaries

Harry Shum · Explaining AI · Jan 16, 2020 · at 6:01

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Harry Shum, Executive VP at Microsoft AI and Research, explains how Microsoft's conversational AI platform XiaoIce is used across financial verticals in China.

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“We actually now power 90% of, ah the quarterly earning report summary, ah, for 90% of, you know, Chinese companies, and they're also powered by Xiaoice.”

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The claim, plainly

Microsoft's XiaoIce AI powers 90% of quarterly earnings report summaries for Chinese companies.

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Assessment

The claim is partially true. Microsoft official disclosures and industry media (such as 36Kr) confirm that XiaoIce held a ~90% market share in China's automated financial report summary generation vertical, covering disclosures across all listed company categories and reaching over 90% of institutional financial traders via platforms like Wind Information. However, the verbatim statement overstates the implementation: XiaoIce did not directly author earnings report summaries for 90% of all Chinese companies; rather, its AI tools automatically ingested public exchange filings to generate summaries distributed to financial terminal subscribers.

Microsoft product announcements (2018–2020) confirm XiaoIce generated automated summaries for corporate filings across all 26 listed company categories on Chinese stock exchanges, reaching over 90% of domestic institutional financial traders via Wind Financial Terminal.
Industry reports (e.g., 36Kr) state that XiaoIce held a ~90% market share in China's automated financial report summary vertical.
Product disclosures clarify that XiaoIce ingested public filings published by companies to generate summaries for financial terminal users, rather than authoring earnings report summaries on behalf of 90% of all Chinese corporations directly.

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