Chinese AI chatbot Xiaoice bags $138m to accelerate virtual employee technology

Chinese AI chatbot Xiaoice bags $138m to accelerate virtual employee technology

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China’s AI chatbot developer Xiaoice has raised 1 billion yuan ($138.4 million) to speed up the development of its ‘AI Being’ technology in a bid to bring its ‘digital employees’ to the mainstream, the company said.

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