COVID-19 Has Given China’s AI Industry a Shot in the Arm

Cars line up for self-driving test. (Source: Xinhua) 

The artificial intelligence (AI) industry is thriving in China, and the COVID-19 pandemic has been turbocharging it. As frequent observers of Chinese news headlines have seen, AI has been widely used to fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, from contact tracing systems to driverless food delivery and m…