SHANGHAI — China’s Premier Li Qiang warned Saturday that artificial intelligence (AI) development must be weighed against the security risks, saying global consensus was urgently needed even as the tech race between Beijing and Washington shows no sign of abating.
SHANGHAI — China ’s Premier Li Qiang warned Saturday that artificial intelligence development must be weighed against the security risks, saying global consensus was urgently needed even as the tech race between Beijing and Washington shows no sign of abating.
Washington has expanded its efforts in recent years to curb exports of state-of-the-art chips to China, concerned that these can be used to advance Beijing’s military systems and erode US tech dominance.For its part, China has made AI a pillar of its plans for technological self-reliance, with the government pledging a raft of measures to boost the sector.In January, Chinese startup DeepSeek unveiled an AI model that performed as well as top US systems despite using less powerful chips.
Wants Consensus On Balancing AI Devt Security