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 attracting global users with lower costs, but how to govern the sector has become a key question, as concerns grow over military AI deployment or its use by hackers and terrorists.“AI development should not be a solo performance by a single country, but a symphony of international cooperation,” Xi said at the opening of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC). “We should jointly oppose overstretching the national security concept in the field of AI or placing one country’s security over that of others.”
Workers install a robotics display at a booth during a media preview of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China, on Thursday.
The US and the EU restrict tech exports to China over national security concerns, while tussles between Washington and American AI labs have raised the issue of who controls top technologies.“China is trying to lead not only in terms of the technology development, but also in terms of AI governance,” Praxis Advisory founder and AI entrepreneur Shengyun Lu said.
