Bridging the innovation gap: AI and robotics as drivers of China’s urban innovation

Bridging the innovation gap: AI and robotics as drivers of China’s urban innovation

VoxEU Column Productivity and Innovation In recent years, the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics to revolutionise production processes and stimulate innovation has attracted considerable attention (e.g. Presidente and Calì 2022). Despite this, their capacity to address disparities in innovation remains underexplored. In our recent paper (Rodríguez-Pose and You 2024) we delve into the capacity of AI and robotics to not only spearhead technological innovation, but also to trigger innovation in the less developed and less innovative Chinese cities – those places where traditional innovation-boosting policies have often failed. The geographical concentration of innovation

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