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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute graduate students Xiangyang Mou, left, and Rahul Divekar interact with a panda avatar that helps teach students Mandarin, at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. The “Mandarin Project” is a joint venture of RPI and IBM. Cognitive and Immersive Systems Laboratory researchers are developing a sort of smart room that can understand students’ words, answer their questions and perceive their gestures. Photo: Michael Hill/AP

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Using AI, immersion to teach students Chinese

To learn Chinese in this room, talk to the floating panda head.

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