China for years has strived to define the global parameters for emerging technologies such as 5G, seeking to influence development and set the stage for its companies to win market share abroad. — AFP
While humanoid robots faced off in a boxing ring at China’s flagship artificial intelligence conference in Shanghai, a fight in the US-China tech war was fought in suits nearby over who gets to set the rules in the AI age.
China’s answer is a new global organisation to convene countries to foster safe and inclusive use of the powerful new technology. At the annual World AI Conference over the weekend, Chinese Premier Li Qiang warned of AI "monopoly” and instead called on foreign officials in the room – mostly from developing countries – to cooperate on governance.
