Chinese AI companies stress social responsibility

An UBTech Robotics Inc Walker robot pouring a bottle of soda during CES 2020 in United States, on Jan 8. — Bloomberg

Experts from China’s artificial intelligence companies underscored how the industry is devoted to alleviating social problems globally, as AI took centre stage recently at the world’s largest tech expo.

"Today we are applying AI technology to fields such as education and health, which carry social significance. And we’re using it to solve some supply chain problems, ” Duan Dawei, senior vice-president and CFO of China’s top voice-recognition company, iFlytek, said in an interview on Jan 8 in Las Vegas, Nevada.