China's Xi pushes for global AI body at APEC in counter to US


BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping (pic) took centrestage at a meeting of APEC leaders on Saturday (Nov 1) to push a proposal for a global body to govern artificial intelligence and position China as an alternative to the United States on trade cooperation.

The comments were the first by the Chinese leader on an initiative Beijing unveiled this year, while the United States has rejected efforts to regulate AI in international bodies.

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