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Shanghai bets on embodied intelligence

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What happened: On August 6, Shanghai released a development plan targeting the embodied intelligence industry. ICYDK: "Embodied intelligence" refers to AI that is natively integrated into a machine physically navigating the real world – an AI brain in a robot body. The city is laying down significan...



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