4 h. ago China poised to benefit as blackout risk rises from Iberia to Siberia

China poised to benefit as blackout risk rises from Iberia to Siberia  Financial Times

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24 h. ago AI agents to replace humans as basic unit of a company, Lee Kai

Artificial intelligence agents are emerging as an instrument of transformation in the workforce, with the potential to replace humans in traditional roles, according to computer scientist Lee Kai-fu, founder and CEO of the Chinese start-up 01.AI. “The basic unit of a company will evolve from a human being to an AI agent,” Lee said on Thursday at a summit on disruptive technologies hosted by Swiss bank UBS. AI agents are software apps that use AI to autonomously execute tasks and achieve goals on...

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24 h. ago AI agents to replace humans as basic units of a company, Lee Kai

Artificial intelligence agents are emerging as an instrument of transformation in the workforce, with the potential to replace humans in traditional roles, according to computer scientist Lee Kai-fu, founder and CEO of the Chinese start-up 01.AI. “The basic unit of a company will evolve from a human being to an AI agent,” Lee said on Thursday at a summit on disruptive technologies hosted by Swiss bank UBS. AI agents are software apps that use AI to autonomously execute tasks and achieve goals on...

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24 h. ago AI agents to replace humans as basic units of a company, Kai

Artificial intelligence agents are emerging as an instrument of transformation in the workforce, with the potential to replace humans in traditional roles, according to computer scientist Kai-Fu Lee, founder and CEO of the Chinese start-up 01.AI. “The basic unit of a company will evolve from a human being to an AI agent,” Lee said on Thursday at a summit on disruptive technologies hosted by Swiss bank UBS. AI agents are software apps that use AI to autonomously execute tasks and achieve goals on...

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7 d. ago China ’s Tourism Sector is Poised to Contribute Forty Two Billion US Dollar in this Year, Driving Domestic Consumption, Economic Growth and Global Travel Influence

China ’s Tourism Sector is Poised to Contribute Forty Two Billion US Dollar in this Year, Driving Domestic Consumption, Economic Growth and Global Travel Influence  Travel And Tour World

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1 week ago Copper Poised for Fourth Weekly Gain on Positive US, China Signs

Copper Poised for Fourth Weekly Gain on Positive US, China Signs  Bloomberg.com

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2 w. ago Looks like an airship, acts like a windmill: China poised to make turbine leap

Chinese scientists expect to soon make a breakthrough in airborne wind turbine technology, with the world’s first megawatt-level system set to take flight, according to the project team. The floating wind power generation system resembles an airship and is being held up as a possible power solution for remote locations and disaster zones where conventional power supplies cannot be used or are inadequate. The researchers said their system’s output – more than 30 times more powerful than the best...

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3 w. ago Risk of importing chikungunya into Hong Kong expected to rise: health official

The risk of importing the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus into Hong Kong is expected to rise, according to a senior health official, who has identified the increasing global prevalence of the disease caused by climate change and residents’ frequent summer travel as factors. But Ronald Lam Man-kin, director of the Department of Health, sought on Sunday to reassure the public that the risk of local transmission would remain low, as long as proper disease control measures were in place. According...

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4 w. ago China dad poisons family after testing wild mushrooms for safety on pet dog

A Chinese man who fed wild mushrooms to his pet dog to test if they were safe before letting his family eat them paid for his folly when the whole family ended up in hospital. The 74-year-old from southwestern China’s Sichuan province found several clusters of wild mushrooms on his herb farmland on July 13. They looked white and slippery, like the termite mushrooms found at local markets, the man’s son, surnamed Jiang, told the mainland media outlet Shandian News. Despite knowing that wild...

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