2026-07-31
25 分钟The Economist.
Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist. I'm Jason Palmer.
Today on the show, how China is finding ways to put its AI all over the world,
and remembering the woman who made it to 82 before fulfilling her astronaut dreams.
First up, though,
Everything about climbing into a driverless cab feels strange.
It's an awkward experience, and when the car starts moving,
it really does feel almost frightening the first time you do it.
Is it running the red light? What? No. I basically ran a red light. Seriously?
Don Weinland is The Economist's China business and finance editor.
When you eventually climb into a driverless cab in a country that's not China and not the US,
it probably is going to be driven by Chinese technology.
Why are you sure of that?
That's because Chinese companies that do this type of service, driverless cabs,
are moving overseas very, very quickly.
There's a project that's going to be launching in Switzerland early next year.
It's a tie-up between a local company and a tech company called Baidu.
This is China's main search engine and now AI giant.
And they are providing the technology that will be driving these cabs around the cantons of Switzerland.
And if you're not in Switzerland, you can also catch one of these cabs