Tech China Post #23

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The exam result of the AI bot (AI-MATHS) that took the math portion of the once-a-year Chinese university entrance exam is back — it got below average grade. It scored 105 out of 150. The company behind the bot wants to continue to train logical reasoning and algorithms of the bot to reach a score of 130. The bot took the exam alongside approx. 9.4M students

Hyundai announced that it will install Baidu MapAuto navigation system and the Duer OS Auto artificial intelligence (AI) personal assistant in next gen connected cars

JD.com, Chinese e-commerce company, is planning to expand to the emerging markets this year. The chairman of JD.com discussed the vision of the end-to-end business model of JD.com. Interview

China has taken U.S. as the leading gaming market. There are approx. 600M gamers that generate close to $25B in revenue from all platforms (link). Globally, there are about 2B gamers

Hong Kong’s Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) teamed up with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority to create a cybersecurity system for financial and insurance industries

California and China will collaborate on clean energy technology and investments

Chinese Central Bank intends to regulate initial coin offering market