China bets on AI to promote President Xi Jinping’s thinking

Xinhuanet, owned by China’s official Xinhua news agency, ​plans to invest over 1.1 ​billion yuan ($162.38 million) on an “authoritative” AI agent to ​help promote President Xi Jinping’s thinking, Shanghai Stock Exchange filings showed.

The project, known as “Xinhua Yudian,” meaning Xinhua lexicon, is “an intelligent agent for learning, researching, and ‌disseminating Xi ⁠Jinping Thought ⁠on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era,” the company said.