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This photo taken on July 5, 2021 shows Li Di, the CEO of XiaoIce, a cutting-edge artificial intelligence system designed to create emotional bonds with its 660 million users worldwide, at the company's office in Beijing. - XiaoIce now accounts for 60 percent of global human-AI interactions by volume, according to the company's chief executive, making it the largest and most advanced system of its kind worldwide. - TO GO WITH China-computers-social-internet,FEATURE BY LAURIE CHEN (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP) / TO GO WITH China-computers-social-internet,FEATURE BY LAURIE CHEN (Photo by GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images)

This photo taken on July 5, 2021 shows Li Di, the CEO of XiaoIce, a cutting-edge artificial intelligence system designed to create emotional bonds with its 660 million users worldwide, at the company's office in Beijing. - XiaoIce now accounts for 60 percent of global human-AI interactions by volume, according to the company's chief executive, making it the largest and most advanced system of its kind worldwide. - TO GO WITH China-computers-social-internet,FEATURE BY LAURIE CHEN (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP) / TO GO WITH China-computers-social-internet,FEATURE BY LAURIE CHEN (Photo by GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images)
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