Xi pitches China as leader of new global AI order, challenging US dominance
Xi urged laws, monitoring and emergency systems to keep AI under human control and said China will offer 5,000 training opportunities to developing countries.
- On Friday, Chinese President Xi Jinping used the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai to position Beijing as a champion of a new global AI order, promoting open-source technology while challenging Washington's influence over the sector.
- Xi's speech followed the establishment of the China-created World AI Cooperation Organisation, which signed up 29 member countries on Thursday, marking a "milestone in the history of world AI development" and responding to Global South demands for participation.
- Alongside China's leading technology companies, Beijing-based startup Moonshot AI unveiled Kimi K3 on Friday, claiming the world's largest open AI model by parameter count, as Xi urged countries to "seize the rare and historic opportunity" of open-source AI.
- The July 17-20 gathering elevates WAIC into a test of China's influence as Beijing and Washington prepare for their first government-level AI talks under President Donald Trump's administration, contrasting their competing visions for global rules.
- China's coalition acts as a rival to the Washington-led "Pax Silica" initiative, while Xi warned of "new historical injustices" from unequal access to technology and urged measures to guard against loss-of-control scenarios.
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In the field of AI, China can be a better partner for the Global South than the United States. Chinese President Xi Jinping said this on Friday in a…
At the China-initiated World Conference on Artificial Intelligence, China's head of state and party pleads for AI governance to take into account both opportunities and security aspects of the new technology.
China's President, Xi Jinping, presented Beijing on Friday (17) as a defender of a new global order for artificial intelligence (AI), using the country's main technology conference to promote open source models and challenge the influence of the United States on the rules governing the sector. In the opening speech of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), in Shanghai, Xi called on countries to take advantage of the "rare historica…
China Urges International Coordination on AI Development and Regulation
Chinese President Xi Jinping called for greater international cooperation on artificial intelligence (AI) governance on Friday, saying the technology should serve shared global interests and must not become the exclusive sphere of influence of any single country. Speaking at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, Xi said AI development and regulation require stronger...
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