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Tim Cook in Shanghai Dialogue with Bai Chong'en: In the AI Era, Questions Matter More Than Answers; Health Monitoring and Supply Chain Automation Accelerate

· Source: finance.biggo.com

In short

At the Global Wealth Management Forum 2026 Shanghai Suhewan Summit on October 16, Apple Executive Chairman Tim Cook and Tsinghua SEM Dean Bai Chong'en discussed how AI is reshaping education, health and manufacturing. Cook said AI has made supply chain inspection highly automated and that Apple's supplier education foundation is helping entry-level workers move into supervisory roles, while 95% of Apple's China supply chain now runs on renewable energy. Both agreed that in the AI era the ability to ask good questions matters more than obtaining answers, with Tsinghua introducing its STAR teaching framework.

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