- On Monday, Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma visited a private school he founded in Hangzhou, China.
- Ma first vanished from public view after angering authorities in 2020 amid Beijing's tech crackdown.
- He discussed the rise of AI, saying that technologies such as ChatGPT present challenges to education.
Jack Ma, the billionaire co-founder of Alibaba, made a rare public appearance in China two years after first disappearing from public view amid Beijing's tech crackdown.
On Monday, Ma — a teacher turned tech titan — visited the Yungu School in his hometown of Hangzhou in east China, according to pictures posted on the institute's WeChat and Instagram accounts. The private school caters to students from kindergarten to high school.
Ma appeared to be in good spirits as he spoke to the school's staff animatedly and toured the school, the school's Instagram post shows. He even discussed the rise of artificial intelligence, or AI, per the WeChat post.
Ma told the staff that AI technologies such as ChatGPT present challenges to education, and that people need to use AI to solve problems instead of being controlled by it, the post said.
