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The company offers online classes to preschool children.

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China named its first team of national AI champions in 2017, tasking them to develop the technology for uses including health care.

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Testing of the new system in Yunnan and Sichuan provinces further escalates China’s efforts to apply AI technology across a range of sectors.

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China’s Ministry of Education approved applications for 180 more colleges to offer majors in artificial intelligence in 2019, up from 35 the year before.

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CHINA BRIEF | Alibaba-backed AI chipmaker Cambricon to list on Shanghai&#8217;s Star market

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The company plans to use the new funds to open a generative AI research center in and expand in the US.

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