AI-powered humanoid robot named CEO of Chinese company in world first

In what sounds like straight out of a Sci-Fi movie, a Chinese metaverse company has appointed a robot as its CEO.

NetDragon Websoft is a Chinese company that develops and operates multiplayer online games and also makes mobile applications.

The Chinese gaming company recently announced the appointment of its new CEO 'Ms Tang Yu', an AI-powered virtual humanoid robot.

Tang Yu who has been appointed as the CEO of the company’s principal subsidiary, Fujian NetDragon Websoft, has become the world’s first robot to hold an executive position.

As CEO, Tang Yu will be at the forefront of the company’s "organizational and efficiency department".

Tang Yu will be responsible for overseeing operations at the company valued at nearly $10 billion.

The company, in a press release, said, "Tang Yu will streamline process flow, enhance quality of work tasks, and improve speed of execution. 

Tang Yu will also serve as a real-time data hub and analytical tool to support rational



decision-making in daily operations, as well as to enable a more effective risk management system."

"In addition, Tang Yu is expected to play a critical role in the development of talents and ensuring a fair and efficient workplace for all employees," the press release added.

"We believe AI is the future of corporate management, and our appointment of Ms Tang Yu represents our commitment to truly embrace the use of AI to transform the way we operate our business, and ultimately drive our future strategic growth," Dr Dejian Liu, chairman of NetDragon, said.

He further said, "Looking forward, we will continue to expand on our algorithms behind Tang Yu to build an open, interactive and highly transparent management model as we gradually transform to a metaverse-based working community, which will enable us to attract a much broader base of talents worldwide and put us in a position to achieve bigger goals."

In 2017, Alibaba founder and chairman Jack Ma proclaimed that "in 30 years, a robot will likely be on the cover of Time Magazine as the best CEO."