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AI technology boosts efficiency of government services in China

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1 year ago

March 5, 2025

BEIJING, March 4, 2025 /CNW/ — A report from People’s Daily: In Shenzhen’s Futian district, a cohort of 70 artificial intelligence systems designated as “digital personnel” has initiated a paradigm shift in administrative operations. Engineered with DeepSeek’s cognitive architectures, these systems achieve document processing precision exceeding 95% while reducing processing times by up to 90%, concurrently optimizing interdepartmental coordination through 80% improvements in task distribution efficacy.

Operational parameters extend across 240+ governance scenarios, encompassing document management, civil services, crisis response protocols, and economic development initiatives. This technological implementation reflects China’s accelerating adoption of generative AI solutions, with multiple municipalities now integrating neural network systems to refine bureaucratic processes and elevate civic service standards through automated governance frameworks.

Beijing’s Economic-Technological Development Area has implemented neural network systems for market supervision, tripling operational throughput in regulatory enforcement. Hangzhou’s healthcare insurance AI interface manages approximately 70% of citizen inquiries through voice recognition protocols, with its textual counterpart resolving 90% of written consultations through semantic analysis frameworks. Nanjing’s emergency management platform demonstrates 95% regulatory adherence in producing incident documentation within 300-second operational windows.

Many provincial-level jurisdictions including Shenzhen and Guangzhou now operationalize DeepSeek’s cognitive architectures within administrative ecosystems, establishing automated content generation pipelines to optimize administrative responsiveness. This nationwide integration of neural networks signifies China’s systematic transition toward data-driven governance models, with intelligent systems progressively replacing manual workflows across regulatory enforcement, public health coordination, and crisis mitigation operations.

China’s intelligent governance frameworks now extend beyond administrative optimization to reengineer metropolitan management paradigms. Guiyang, a topographically constrained municipality historically burdened by chronic road network saturation, has implemented a cognitive traffic orchestration platform showing operational efficacy.

The system synthesizes municipal surveillance infrastructure with commercial navigation telemetry, utilizing predictive analytics to model vehicular movement patterns. During peak transit intervals, this architecture enables automated signal timing recalibrations across 31 arterial junctions. Preliminary metrics indicate measurable reductions in congestion metrics, with one urban dweller noting “tangible improvements in roadway fluidity.”

Professor Wu Yiping of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics’ School of Public Economics and Administration hailed the initiative as a pivotal advancement in administrative innovation. “Embedding generative AI systems such as DeepSeek into civic operations could revolutionize service delivery through optimized content production and responsive digital interfaces,” he asserted, emphasizing the technology’s potential to recalibrate urban management frameworks for contemporary demands.

While acknowledging these operational benefits, analysts caution that workforce implications require rigorous scrutiny. Industry observers concur that although AI-enhanced governance may streamline repetitive functions, persistent limitations surround dataset reliability, cybersecurity vulnerabilities, and implementation scalability. Crucially, they stress that human competencies in strategic innovation, empathetic engagement, and nuanced policy adjudication remain irreplicable assets in public administration.

“AI systems function as administrative instruments operating within defined human oversight protocols rather than autonomous policymaking entities,” clarified Gao Zeng, deputy director of Futian District’s Government Services and Data Administration.

In Shanghai’s Putuo District, official Lu Yao noted a persistent preference for interpersonal engagement despite technological advances. “While algorithmically generated responses demonstrate technical proficiency, constituents consistently value the irreplaceable interpersonal rapport cultivated through direct human exchange,” Lu observed, underscoring the enduring significance of empathetic dialogue in civic affairs.

Lu maintains that AI’s principal contribution to community governance resides in its capacity to alleviate bureaucratic redundancies. By automating administrative workflows, public servants gain critical bandwidth to prioritize participatory neighborhood initiatives and resolve complex societal challenges, he argued.

As algorithmic solutions increasingly reshape institutional frameworks, policymakers confront the imperative of harmonizing operational automation with inherently human competencies in ethical discernment. This delicate symbiotic equilibrium, analysts suggest, could potentially redefine public sector effectiveness by merging computational precision with psychologically attuned service paradigms.

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Greenzie releases 2025 Annual Safety Report, documenting multi-year safety performance at commercial scale

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2 hours ago

April 23, 2026

The data shows zero lost-time injuries, zero OSHA medical attentions and zero human near-misses across real-world operation

ATLANTA, April 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Greenzie, the technology platform powering commercial autonomy across multiple OEMs, today shared multi-year safety data from real-world commercial operation, documenting more than 150,000 autonomous miles with zero lost-time injuries, zero OSHA medical attentions and zero human near-misses. The data is published in Greenzie’s 2025 Annual Safety Report, available at greenzie.com/safety.

The report is based on extensive operational data spanning more than 5.4 billion square feet of turf mowed, 68,000+ hours of autonomous mowing and more than 50,000 operator days, the equivalent of 265 mowing seasons.

“Greenzie is helping define safety in autonomous landscape operations, and transparency is a critical part of that,” said Steve Bush, chief operating officer of Greenzie. “These results show that commercial autonomy is operating safely at meaningful scale in the field. Transparency matters because as this category matures, real-world data helps build confidence in what responsible deployment looks like.”

The report’s findings are particularly significant in the context of the U.S. landscaping industry, which employs roughly 1.3 million workers and experiences a higher-than-average rate of workplace accidents compared to other fields. Greenzie’s multi-year operating data shows that autonomy is not theoretical; it is already being deployed consistently and performing safely at scale.

“Greenzie Powered Autonomy™ has been validated through years of sustained use in the field,” Bush said. “That level of real-world performance reinforces both the reliability of our platform and the broader readiness of commercial autonomy.”

Greenzie attributes this performance to a disciplined safety approach that includes robust perception, tested operating standards and continuous validation in real-world commercial environments.

For more information about Greenzie, visit greenzie.com.

About Greenzie

Founded in 2018, Greenzie is the technology platform powering commercial autonomy. Created to solve the landscape industry’s labor and productivity challenges, Greenzie works with leading equipment manufacturers to deliver the software, navigation and safety systems that enable mowing and other outdoor power equipment to operate autonomously in real-world commercial environments. Today, Greenzie’s platform is running on hundreds of machines in active use, helping manufacturers bring autonomy to market and allowing operators to get more done with limited labor—moving autonomy from early experimentation to everyday operations. For more information, visit greenzie.com.

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CGI renews global SAP S/4HANA operations and SAP BTP operations certifications, reinforcing its consistent, quality delivery at scale

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2 hours ago

April 23, 2026

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MONTRÉAL, April 23, 2026 /CNW/ – CGI (NYSE: GIB) (TSX: GIB.A), one of the largest independent IT and business consulting services firms in the world, announced that it has achieved the following recertifications for its global operation capabilities:

SAP S/4HANA operations and works with RISE with SAP SAP BTP operations and works with RISE with SAP

These recertifications highlight CGI’s ability to deliver consistent, high-quality managed SAP services and operations across regions, including services aligned with RISE with SAP. CGI’s SAP-based services help clients reduce operational risk, improve performance and efficiency and scale transformation with greater predictability. This also builds on CGI’s SAP alliance relationship momentum, including its recent AWS SAP Competency Partner status which highlights CGI’s expertise in modernizing mission-critical SAP workloads with AI-enabled cloud solutions.

“Running SAP at enterprise scale requires a partner with proven capabilities, delivery discipline and the ability to innovate securely, including through the integration of AI to deliver tangible outcomes,” said Didier Thérond, President, CGI France operations, and Global Executive Sponsor for CGI’s partnership with SAP. “These global recertifications reinforce CGI’s end-to-end SAP capabilities, including AI-enabled services, helping clients operate mission-critical systems with confidence and advance their modernization and cloud strategies.”

“CGI remains a trusted partner in our SAP Operations Partner program, consistently demonstrating a structured and disciplined approach to certification,” said Rudolf Scheipers, VP, Head of SAP Operations Partner Certification, SAP Partner Innovation Lifecycle Services. “These recertifications highlight the company’s mature operating model and commitment to the high standards we expect globally, ensuring clients running SAP environments can rely on consistent, secure, and efficient operations.”

CGI’s global alliance strategy features partnerships with more than 150 technology companies and supports its local relationship model complemented by a global delivery network. Through its SAP alliance, CGI helps organizations accelerate innovation, deploy and manage SAP solutions globally, and deliver industry-specific business outcomes with rapid, scalable, and AI-enabled cloud and ERP services.

About CGI
Founded in 1976, CGI is among the largest independent IT and business consulting services firms in the world. With 94,000 consultants and professionals across the globe, CGI delivers an end-to-end portfolio of capabilities, from strategic IT and business consulting to systems integration, managed IT and business process services and intellectual property solutions. CGI works with clients through a local relationship model complemented by a global delivery network that helps clients digitally transform their organizations and accelerate results. CGI Fiscal 2025 reported revenue is CA$15.91 billion and CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB). Learn more at cgi.com.

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Scholastic Corporation Announces Final Results of Modified Dutch Auction Tender Offer

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2 hours ago

April 23, 2026

NEW YORK, April 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Scholastic Corporation (the “Company” or “Scholastic”) (Nasdaq: SCHL), the global children’s publishing, education and media company, today announced the final results of its “modified Dutch Auction” tender offer for shares of its common stock, which expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 20, 2026.

Based on the final count by Computershare Trust Company, N.A., the depositary for the tender offer, a total of 2,834,018 shares of Scholastic’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (each share of Scholastic’s common stock, a “Share,” and collectively, “Shares”), were properly tendered and not properly withdrawn at or below the purchase price of $40.00 per Share, including 989,343 Shares that were tendered by notice of guaranteed delivery.

Scholastic has accepted for purchase a total of 2,834,018 Shares through the tender offer at a price of $40.00 per Share, for an aggregate cost of $113,360,720.00, excluding fees and expenses relating to the tender offer. The total of 2,834,018 Shares that Scholastic has accepted for purchase represents approximately 13.7% of the total number of Shares outstanding as of April 19, 2026.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC served as the dealer manager for the tender offer. Georgeson LLC served as the information agent. Holders of common stock who have questions or need information about the tender offer may call Georgeson LLC at (866) 539-9980 (toll free). Banks and brokers may call Georgeson at (866) 539-9980 or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at (877) 371-5947 (toll free).

About Scholastic

For more than 100 years, Scholastic Corporation (Nasdaq: SCHL) has been meeting children where they are – at school, at home and in their communities – by creating quality content and experiences, all beginning with literacy. Scholastic delivers stories, characters, and learning moments that empower all kids to become lifelong readers and learners through bestselling children’s books, literacy- and knowledge-building resources for schools including classroom magazines, and award-winning, entertaining children’s media. As the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books through school-based book clubs and book fairs, classroom libraries, school and public libraries, retail, and online, and with a global reach into more than 135 countries, Scholastic encourages the personal and intellectual growth of all children, while nurturing a lifelong relationship with reading, themselves, and the world around them. Learn more at www.scholastic.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains certain forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including the conditions of the children’s book and educational materials markets generally and acceptance of the Company’s products within those markets, and other risks and factors identified from time to time in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results could differ materially from those currently anticipated.

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