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Beike Charity and People Magazine Hold Silver-Age Salon and Release AI Elderly Care Supplement
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On October 17, on the eve of the Double Ninth Festival, Beike Charity and People magazine held in Beijing the "New World, Old Friends — Silver-Age Life Themed Salon" and released a supplement of the same name, "New World, Old Friends — Observations on Silver-Age Life in the AI Era." The salon invited eight guests from different industries and generations, including Dai Jun, Hu Yong, Zhang Yue, and Cao Cuifen, to discuss the picture of aging amid the AI wave. Actor Cao Cuifen said she would prefer a robot capable of protecting privacy as a caregiver, while scholar Hu Yong proposed that technology is merely a supportive tool above the waterline of the caregiving iceberg. Beike Charity disclosed that, as of September 2026, its "I'll Teach You to Use a Mobile Phone" project had reached 142 cities, held about 130,000 classes, and served more than 1.82 million person-times; the "Living Alone Guardian Plan" has deployed more than 3,500 smart devices in Beijing, Tianjin, and Shanghai, providing 24/7 on-duty response.
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On the eve of the Double Ninth Festival, Beike Charity and People magazine held a salon on later life and released a companion booklet, "New World, Old Friends: Observations on Later Life in the AI Era." The salon invited eight guests, including Dai Jun, Hu Yong, Zhang Yue, and Cao Cuifen, to discuss aging amid the AI wave. Cao Cuifen said she would prefer a privacy-protecting robot as a caregiver, while Hu Yong argued that technology is only a supporting tool above the waterline of the caregiving iceberg.
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