Can Alibaba Use Artificial Intelligence To Solve China Health Issues?

When China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba flexes its muscles, this time in personalized healthcare using artificial intelligence, everyone takes note.

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Armed with big data and deep learning capabilities, Alibaba is decisively venturing into personalized healthcare, a fast-growing area in China.

Alibaba may be years behind established personalized healthcare players such as [PatientsLikeMe Inc.] and IBM’s Watson, but the Chinese tech...

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