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AI can already book your hotel and order your food, but now it's coming for your ride.
In China, platforms are turning ride hailing into a single sentence.
You say what you need, for example, a smooth trip or a stop along the way or a car that fits a child or a pet.
And then AI handles the rest.
How we order our cars is changing fast.
After that, as National Reading Week comes to a close here in China,
a new report shows online literature is a cultural and economic force.
Writers are coming from all walks of life and stories are leaping into print,
comics and TV, you name it, and it 's there.
But as the industry goes global, it also faces challenges as it races to set new standards around AI use.
And its quality.
Coming to you live from our studios in Beijing, this is Roundtable.
I'm Steve.
Thank you so much for sharing your time with us today.
And for the show, I'm with Yuxian and Yuxian.
First up, from ordering food to booking hotels, AI has already reshaped many parts of our daily lives.
But now it's moving into one of the most essential real-world services of all, getting from one place to another.
In China, major platforms like Didi and Alibaba's QN are racing to turn ride hailing into a one-sentence experience