AI to boost industrial upgrading

Electric car startup NIO to unveil first mass-production vehicle next week

Artificial intelligence will inject new impetus to traditional sectors such as automobile and healthcare, as the cutting-edge technology is ready to revolutionize the way people communicate with machines, company executives said on Thursday.

Qin Lihong, president and co-founder of NIO, a Chinese electric car startup backed by investors such as Tencent Holdings Ltd, said AI will play an important part in enabling autonomous vehicles, because it can empower cars to better cope with complicated transportation environments.