Risks ahead but China’s economy to stay on long-term, tech-led course
Risks ahead but China’s economy to stay on long-term, tech-led course
He called on China to strengthen in-depth research in the AI field and increase coordination and investment while improving the conditions for the technology’s development.
“From the perspective of the UN, AI is the new ‘strategic height’ for which all parties are now fully engaged in competition,” said Zhang, a CPPCC member.
The diplomat added that AI lacks regulation at the government level, citing the US as a cautionary example.
“Frankly speaking, in the case of the US, many things about AI are still controlled at the corporate level and research level. There’s also a lot of uncertainty at the political level about the pros and cons of AI and where the development of the technology will go.”
Beijing hopes the technology will advance the country’s economic development and innovation ability, according to the report.
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Chinese AI-generated cartoon series broadcast on state television
Chinese AI-generated cartoon series broadcast on state television
During their November meeting in San Francisco, Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Joe Biden agreed to increase cooperation on AI.
The countries will hold a dialogue to work on a framework for AI development in the next few months, though the exact date and agenda have yet to be announced.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Congress last year that the US should rejoin Unesco, which it left in 2019 during the Trump administration, because the UN body’s members were “working on rules, norms and standards for artificial intelligence”.
Blinken mentioned China in his pitch to lawmakers, noting the country was the biggest single contributor to the culture and education organisation. “That carries a lot of weight. We’re not even at the table,” he said.
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Young Chinese singles turn to AI-generated partners
Young Chinese singles turn to AI-generated partners
Weeks later, Wu Zhaohui, China’s vice-minister of science and technology, attended an AI summit in Britain where he promoted the initiative and called for exchanges and cooperation on AI safety and international governance issues.
In July of last year, China issued one of the world’s first regulations on generative AI models. The rules, which have been in effect in China since August, stipulate that research on generative AI should uphold the “core socialist values”.
All generative AI content services – including text, pictures, audio and video – provided to the Chinese public will be subject to the new rules, according to provisional regulations issued by regulators.
