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In computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals.

Facial recognition for toilet paper dispensing first appeared in 2017 in a public restroom in Beijing.

In China, AI helps sort rubbish, catch criminals and improve traffic – now it’s used to stop toilet paper theft | KrASIA

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In China, AI helps sort rubbish, catch criminals and improve traffic – now it’s used to stop toilet paper theft

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The Beijing-based search engine operator has seen a slide in its market value since the start of this year.

Baidu urges staff to be frugal, criticizes first-class travel, five-star hotel stays and excessive tissue use | KrASIA

Baidu urges staff to be frugal, criticizes first-class travel, five-star hotel stays and excessive tissue use

Robotics

Two thirds of survey respondents said they are optimistic and grateful about having a robot co-worker.

Almost 90% of Chinese workers trust a robot more than their human managers, survey finds | KrASIA

Almost 90% of Chinese workers trust a robot more than their human managers, survey finds

ByteDance or Beijing ByteDance Technology Co Ltd. is a Chinese Internet technology company operating several machine learning-enabled content platforms, headquartered in Beijing. It was founded by Zhang Yiming in 2012. ByteDance's core product, Toutiao, is a popular content platform in China.

Bytedance

Tencent Holdings Limited is a Chinese multinational investment holding conglomerate whose subsidiaries specialize in various Internet-related services and products, entertainment, artificial intelligence and technology both in China and globally.

Tencent

The game industry is the economic sector involved in the development, marketing, and monetization of games. It encompasses dozens of job disciplines and its component parts employ thousands of people worldwide.

Gaming

The move shows the tech unicorn’s effort to expand its ecosystem of products and services for the world’s largest internet market.

TikTok owner ByteDance ratchets up hiring for video games business in challenge to Tencent | KrASIA

TikTok owner ByteDance ratchets up hiring for video games business in challenge to Tencent

Ant Financial Services Group, formerly known as Alipay, is an affiliate company of the Chinese Alibaba Group. Ant Financial is the highest valued fintech company in the world, and the world's most valuable unicorn company, with a valuation of US$150 billion. 

Ant Group

An e-commerce payment system facilitates the acceptance of electronic payment for online transactions. Read stories of Payment service providers, platforms or the trending of the Payment industry.

Payments

With over 100 million users, Mail.ru is the leading internet company in Russia.

Alipay sets sights on digital payments outside Asia as it teams up with Russia’s Mail.ru | KrASIA

Alipay sets sights on digital payments outside Asia as it teams up with Russia’s Mail.ru

Enterprise services is an over-arching term to describe an architecture combining engineering discipline and computer science to solve practical business problems. 

Enterprise Services

Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet requirements of customers or corporations. 

Logistics

Via the FreightAmigo app or website, users can search to get real-time quotes and compare prices for different carriers, and can book and pay online.

How FreightAmigo is shaking up the sleepy world of logistics to bring it online Expedia-style | KrASIA

How FreightAmigo is shaking up the sleepy world of logistics to bring it online Expedia-style

5G is a commonly used term for certain advanced wireless systems. Industry association 3GPP defines any system using "5G NR" software as "5G", a definition that came into general use by late 2018. 

Autonomous Vehicles is about self-driving. A self-driving car is also known as a robot car, autonomous car, or driverless car, is a vehicle that is capable of sensing its environment and moving with little or no human input.

Autonomous Vehicles

Currently, most autonomous cars tested on the road in the US and China still require the presence of a safety driver

Remote control technology could be the key to moving autonomous driving forward, WeRide CEO says | KrASIA

Remote control technology could be the key to moving autonomous driving forward, WeRide CEO says

Q&amp;A

China has set a goal of producing 100,000 locally made industrial robots annually by 2020.

China’s robotics makers need to innovate to catch up with foreign peers | KrASIA

China’s robotics makers need to innovate to catch up with foreign peers

Oppo is a Chinese consumer electronics and mobile communications company headquartered in Dongguan, China, known for its smartphones, Blu-ray players and other electronic devices.

OPPO

Xiaomi’s Lei has more than 21 million followers on the Sina Weibo platform, having published nearly 10,000 posts to date.