A poster for the Singles’ Day online shopping festival is displayed at a subway station in Beijing. Photo: Simon Song
A poster for the Singles’ Day online shopping festival is displayed at a subway station in Beijing. Photo: Simon Song
Singles' Day (11.11)
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Alibaba lets AI, robots and drones do the heavy lifting on Singles’ Day

This year’s November 11 shopping ritual will engage a recommendation algorithm, robots, and chatbots capable of understanding human emotion

Celia ChenSarah Dai
Celia Chen and Sarah Dai

Updated: 12:02pm, 11 Nov, 2017

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A poster for the Singles’ Day online shopping festival is displayed at a subway station in Beijing. Photo: Simon Song
A poster for the Singles’ Day online shopping festival is displayed at a subway station in Beijing. Photo: Simon Song
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