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AI Super-Apps Are Remaking China’s Internet
To have a coffee delivered to an office in Shanghai, simply ask one of China’s artificial-intelligence super-apps to choose a brew on your behalf, press “confirm” and the beverage will be on its way. Delegating such important decisions brings risks, of course. When your correspondent asked one popular AI app to deliver a “special coffee”, he received a rose-petal-vinegar-flavoured one.
TL;DR
- AI super-apps in China enable services such as office coffee delivery.
- Users can delegate choices, like coffee selection, to these AI apps.
- Delegating decisions to AI carries risks, as demonstrated by an unexpected coffee flavor.
- A "special coffee" order was fulfilled with a rose-petal-vinegar flavor.