As China continues trying to surpass America’s dominance in artificial intelligence, Beijing announced Thursday that it is forming a new AI council in collaboration with other unfriendly countries. China’s recent decisions demonstrate that it is determined to outcompete the United States while Americans remain preoccupied with criticizing their own technological dominance.The agreement behind the World AI Cooperation Organization is set to be signed in Shanghai on Friday. Its 29 founding members include Russia, Belarus, ⁠Serbia, Cuba, Brazil, and Venezuela, ​as well as 10 African ​and 12 Asian countries, according to Reuters. Notably absent from this economic alliance is India, which has been more friendly to the U.S. since President Donald Trump’s tariff wars began in 2025.Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the signing ceremony during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, underscoring the importance he places on the initiative. At the forum, Chinese technology giant Huawei will exhibit its new Atlas 950 SuperPoD, a massive AI computing system designed to compete with Nvidia’s systems, Reuters reported. Systems of this kind are used to train the AI models that governments, businesses, and citizens use every day.