China touts next-stage AI development at Shanghai exhibition

Tensions with U.S. loom while commercialization of tech remains far off

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Humanoid robots by Shanghai's startup Dataa Robotics replicate the Buddhist-style dance of the Thousand-hand Goddess of Mercy at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on Thursday. (Photo by CK Tan) 

CK TAN, Nikkei staff writer

SHANGHAI -- Humanoid robots performed the Buddhist dance of the Thousand-hand Goddess of Mercy and shot a basketball cleanly through a hoop, while intelligent robot dogs marched in unison as they prepared for a patrol.

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