Xi Jinping pitches alternative global AI framework at Shanghai conference

Got to say it's a cracking speech by Xi. China didn't have the advantage of a strong philanthropic movement supporting AI safety research and scholarship over the last decade like America had - and if you took that movement out of the US context, the quality of the leading… Show more

Xi Jinping used his first-ever appearance at China’s World AI Conference to present Beijing’s vision for a new global AI order. He said AI has entered an "unprecedented" period of innovation, bringing enormous opportunities alongside new governance challenges. China’s proposed… Show more

Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed Shanghai’s 2026 World AI Conference, China’s largest AI event, opposing US-led restrictions. Promoted open-source AI and shared global governance. He warned that broad national-security claims could let powerful countries restrict AI… Show more

"reaffirmed commitment to open source to promote AI openness and win-win" this is good https://twitter.com/vince_chow1/status/2077947375964791028

Xi wants to run a familiar playbook: preach win-win global cooperation while co-opting international bodies to set favorable standards and dump Chinese AI exports on the world. This underscores the importance of our own AI export promotion programs; the need to develop our own… Show more

Argue all you want about how sincere it is, or how he only says this because china is behind in ai. Probably true. I still pretty strongly agree with what he is saying here https://twitter.com/ramez/status/2077999063518282061