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Japan's Aeon teams up with Alibaba-backed AI-run stores

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19-Mar-18 Aeon, Japan's biggest retailer with 430 locations, will partner with Alibaba-backed technology company DeepBlue Technology to develop unmanned convenience stores in China, where a handprint lets users access the kiosk-like store and pay for purchases. [image: Nikkei Asian Review]

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Korea’s demographic nightmare comes to fore

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12-Mar-18 Korea has reported more deaths than births for the first time, amid a plunging fertility rate, raising questions about its economic model, with increasing competition from neighbour China and the growing threat from artificial intelligence and automation. [image: Reuters / Kai Pfaffenbach]

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AI brings a welcome change in Indian healthcare

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07-Mar-18 With the advent of Artificial Intelligence, there are a lot of Indian startups working in machine learning, specifically the interpretation of radiology images. AI shows promise by bringing healthcare and radiology to inaccessible areas. [image: Shutterstock / Huffington Post UK]

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Alibaba opens first joint research institute outside China in Singapore

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28-Feb-18 Alibaba Singapore opened a research institute in a collaboration with Nanyang Technological University, committing a multimillion-dollar investment annually for five years. The institute will explore real-life artificial-intelligence solutions in areas such as health, ageing and lifestyle. [image: Channel News Asia]

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