AI engineer builds and marries his robot wife
 

AI engineer builds and marries his robot wife
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A 31-year-old AI engineer has married one of his robot creations.

Zheng Jiajia, who used to work for Chinese telecoms giant Huawei, held an informal wedding ceremony for himself and his robot wife in Hangzhou, local papers report.

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The robot, named Yingying, is able to speak in simple sentences in response to audio prompts, and visually recognise Chinese characters and images.

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Zheng (left) and his robot wife, Yingying.

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At Huawei, where Zheng worked for three years, he founded a unit specialising in AI and robotics. Read more...

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