Taoping To Launch Cloud Nest AI System; Powerful Generative AI System Across the Cloud to Accelerate Growth

SHENZHEN,China,June 15,2023 -- Taoping Inc. (NASDAQ: TAOP,the "Company" or "Taoping"),today announced the Company plans to launch Cloud Nest AI,a powerful generative AI system across the Cloud to accelerate growth. Cloud Nest AI will leverage the Company's existing cloud-based technology and applications and integrate AI with intelligent Cloud platform technology and product capabilities. End users are empowered with smart scene terminals,that deeply integrate numerous industry-specific application scenarios across all major industries and subsegments.

Taoping's industry specific applications for different scenarios based on the Cloud Nest AI system are expected to provide multi-dimensional empowerment for various industries from multiple perspectives,such as content generation,human-computer interaction,visual perception,and cognitive decision-making. In the field of advertising media,Taoping's cloud platform allows advertisers to provide creative content,such as graphics,videos,and texts for specific promotional strategies,while artificial intelligence can then effectively develop mixed-media promotions.

Taoping will also integrate the new generative AI system into its other smart solutions to better help customers harness the latest technology development to achieve a higher return on investment,lower cost of ownership,an improved overall customer experience. This includes the Company's intelligent cleaning robots,which are pushing industry-leading performance in terms of unmanned driving,intelligent decision-making,and human-machine collaboration to solve complex urban outdoor and indoor scenarios. Another example is in the field of ecological environmental protection,where the Company's off-grid sewage treatment equipment adopts microbial control technology and intelligent monitoring system to accurately implement sewage treatment from the source of sewage generation,which is highly efficient,energy-saving and environmentally friendly.

Mr. Lin Jianghuai,Chairman and CEO of Taoping,said: "The Cloud Nest AI generative AI system will be another important milestone based on the strategic upgrade of Taoping's Cloud-based technology and applications. We have been investing in and actively deploying a series of exciting new products to help our customers better embrace superior new technologies and systems,which in return will accelerate our revenue growth. We look forward to continuing to open new commercial and industrial opportunities for our Cloud Nest generative AI system,and will keep the market updated on our progress."

About Taoping Inc.

Taoping Inc. (Nasdaq: TAOP) has a long history of successfully leveraging technology in the development of innovative solutions to help customers in both the private and public sectors to more effectively communicate and market to their desired targets. The Company has built a far-reaching city partner ecosystem and comprehensive portfolio of high-value,high-traffic areas for its products,which are aligned together with Taoping's smart cloud platform,cloud services and solutions,new media and artificial intelligence. For more information about Taoping,please visit www.taop.com. You can also follow us via LinkedIn,Twitteror YouTube.

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