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AR glasses offer window into technology’s role in China’s food security

Illustration Liu Xidan/GT A suite of perceptive, artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled agricultural devices was recently unveiled at an expo in China focused on the grain, oilseed, and soybean industries, including one unexpected addition: augmented reality (AR) glasses. CCTV News reported on Monday that the glasses function as a portable crop-health analysis tool integrating AI with Internet-of-Things…

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Tesla Faces a Setback in China as Sales Slide to Three-Year Low

Tesla Stock in Focus After Breakthrough China Approval for Its Generative-AI Tech

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. China approved the first foreign automaker generative-AI services this week, clearing Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) and Mercedes-Benz (MBGAF) to offer in-car AI assistants to Chinese drivers. Regulators in Shanghai registered Tesla’s xBot customer-service model, while Beijing’s cyberspace authority listed Mercedes-Benz’s virtual assistant. The approvals let both firms deploy voice assistants that…

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CEO of China's biggest chipmaker has a memory chip warning: ‘People don’t dare…'

CEO of China’s biggest chipmaker has a memory chip warning: ‘People don’t dare…’

China’s largest contract chipmaker, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC), is worried about a growing shortage of memory chips. According to a report by the news agency Reuters, the company has claimed that the memory chip shortage is causing customers to hesitate in placing orders for other types of chips as well. During an earnings call,…

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