{"id":23908,"date":"2026-07-13T07:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T05:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/13\/chinas-massive-ai-rollout-podcast\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T07:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T05:37:15","slug":"chinas-massive-ai-rollout-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/13\/chinas-massive-ai-rollout-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s massive AI rollout &#8211; podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senior China correspondent <strong>Amy Hawkins <\/strong>on China\u2019s embrace of AI, from medical avatars to food delivery drones and state surveillance<\/p>\n<p>While the spread of AI has been met perhaps with a lot of scepticism in the west, China has fully embraced the technology, explains <strong>Amy Hawkins<\/strong>, from millions of users talking to AI doctors, to the use of intelligent robots in factories, and drones delivering food on the Great Wall of China.<\/p>\n<p>AI has also been eagerly taken up by the state, not least in the opportunities it provides for further surveillance, the Guardian\u2019s senior China correspondent says.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/audio\/2026\/jul\/13\/chinas-massive-ai-rollout-podcast\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/46a3858ec0a75779d128a9575f8bdf79dbe32186\/0_0_5160_4128\/master\/5160.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=60c8840bcf1e3051364ad3d175ccd28f\" title=\"China\u2019s massive AI rollout - podcast\" \/>Senior China correspondent Amy Hawkins on China\u2019s embrace of AI, from medical avatars to food delivery drones and state surveillance<br \/>\nWhile the spread of AI has been met perhaps with a lot of scepticism in the west, China has fully embraced the technology, explains Amy Hawkins, from millions of users talking to AI doctors, to the use of intelligent robots in factories, and drones delivering food on the Great Wall of China.<br \/>\nAI has also been eagerly taken up by the state, not least in the opportunities it provides for further surveillance, the Guardian\u2019s senior China correspondent says. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior China correspondent Amy Hawkins on China\u2019s embrace of AI, from medical avatars to food delivery drones and state surveillance While the spread of AI has been met perhaps with a lot of scepticism in the west, China has fully embraced the technology, explains Amy Hawkins, from millions of users talking to AI doctors, to &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/13\/chinas-massive-ai-rollout-podcast\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">China\u2019s massive AI rollout &#8211; podcast<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23908"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}