Opinion | China’s AI vision gives the Global South a seat at the table

Opinion | China’s AI vision gives the Global South a seat at the table

China debuts Kimi K3 open-source model and World AI Cooperation Organisation (29 nations) as Western AI alternatives; Huawei Atlas 950 delivers 6.7x Nvidia's computing power. Chinese strategy shifts from US subscription-enterprise models toward public-good infrastructure, reducing American vendor lock-in in emerging markets and pressuring CTOs to diversify foundation-model and compute sourcing.