China's Xi calls for step up of global effort in AI, as US curbs squeeze China's tech access
Chinese President Xi Jinping called for global cooperation in AI development at a conference in Shanghai, criticizing US-led technology restrictions. He announced plans to provide AI training and meteorological systems to developing nations to foster international partnerships.
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This highlights the intensifying geopolitical competition between the US and China over AI dominance and the strategic use of technology as a tool for diplomatic influence in the Global South.
SHANGHAI — Development and governance of artificial intelligence should be a global effort, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Friday, while reiterating China's objections to what he called the "overstretching" of national security concerns.
Speaking at a conference in Shanghai, Xi said AI should not be dominated by any single nation. American-led restrictions have blocked China from accessing some of the world's most advanced technologies, spurring China's efforts to build its own know-how and intensifying the tech race between the world's two biggest economies.
"The development of artificial intelligence should not be a solo performance by any single country but rather a symphony of global cooperation," Xi said at China's annual World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai. Others attending included the leaders of Kazakhstan, Cambodia and Thailand and U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres.
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