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China AI researcher rises to Xiaomi’s top level in 10 months, talks work-life balance

Beijing-based smartphone and electric vehicle giant Xiaomi announced in mid-October that it would promote 31-year-old Luo Fuli to its highest-level position, once again putting the “AI prodigy” at the centre of heated discussion. The move came 10 months after Luo joined the company as head of its large language model (LLM) unit. Luo attracted significant public attention in late 2024, when Xiaomi…

China AI researcher rises to Xiaomi’s top level in 10 months, talks work-life balance

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Target shoppers finally get an AI shopping assistant for the holidays

Target has launched a beta version of its Ask Target AI chatbot to help with the holidays, joining the likes of Walmart's Sparky and Amazon's Alexa.

  • Target launching AI shopping assistant called Ask Target for holiday sales.
  • Chief merchandising officer Cara Sylvester revealed assistant's development.
  • Assistant aims to help shoppers discover new products and increase basket sizes.

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