Fourth Industrial Revolution

The US used to be the world leader in this key area of artificial intelligence research. Now it's China

A visitor takes a selfie with Baidu's robot Xiaodu at the 2015 Baidu World Conference in Beijing, China, September 8, 2015. Xiaodu, an artificial intelligent robot developed by Baidu, has access to the company's search engine database and can respond to voice commands, Baidu says.REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon - RTX1RLKS

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Rosamond Hutt
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