China says 'aye' to ai

Boom in artificial intelligence projects promises to energize Chinese startups

Every year, about 9 million students in China sit for the gaokao, the national college entrance test. Intensive preparations for a year mark the run-up to the annual test, arguably the world's toughest, that determines which university a student will go to eventually.

In four years, all this will likely change. Not just students, even robots, powered by artificial intelligence, may ace the test.