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AI robots are coming, and they will be made in Asia

The region’s tech companies are uniquely positioned to take the technology far beyond chatbots.

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We’ll start to see much more AI-enabled hardware and robotics – and it will be coming from Asia.

We’ll start to see much more AI-enabled hardware and robotics – and it will be coming from Asia.

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Catherine Thorbecke

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Over the past year, I’ve noticed an overwhelming theme emerge when Asian tech leaders look at what comes next for artificial intelligence. There has been a marked desire to move beyond chatbots and software, and into the physical realm.

We’ll start to see much more AI-enabled hardware and robotics – and it will be coming from Asia.

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