Xi: Any One Country Should Not Dominate AI
Xi pledged 5,000 AI training opportunities for developing countries and backed a new Shanghai-based cooperation body to widen access to the technology.
- 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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Chinese President Xi Jinping called for the development of "safe and controllable" artificial intelligence amid increasing global competition in the high-tech sector.
Xi calls for global cooperation on AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) should not be dominated by a single country, Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) said yesterday at a major technology conference in Shanghai, urging international cooperation on its development.Chinese AI models are catching up to the most powerful US offerings and attrac
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has warned of the risks of AI and said extensive international cooperation is needed. His speech on Friday showed China's ambition to challenge the United States in global development in the field.
The speech of the president at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai mixes good intentions for an artificial intelligence "for good and for all," representing the South Global at the tables that matter, relaunching the technological challenge with Trump America. While in the background DeepSeek and Moonshot show that the Chinese race no longer concerns only the price, but also power, scale and international influence.
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