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10-09-2023, 11:27 AM
China and US are in a battle over AI
Fast-forward to June, Washington received the green light to rejoin Unesco, a move experts had said would open another front for the US-China rivalry, particularly over setting global standards on AI.
China hosted annual World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai in July. Observers say there are now growing indications that rivalry in the emerging field is set to intensify, against a backdrop of heightened anxieties and distrust between the two superpowers.
Unesco move would open front for US-China rivalry, particularly over setting global standards on AI. The
AI battle will unfold with Beijing and Washington.
Latest signal rivalry is intensifying with US President Joe Biden last month outlined plans for fresh restrictions on investments American firms can make in Chinese entities, including in “certain artificial intelligence systems”. There have long been signs suggesting how important a sector AI would be and how it could shape up to be a key arena of competition between the US and China.
Chinese govt in 2021 specified AI as one of seven “frontier technologies” to develop. And in July, China hosted the annual World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, drawing 400 enterprises in what was a show of its ambitions.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomac...just-start.
Fast-forward to June, Washington received the green light to rejoin Unesco, a move experts had said would open another front for the US-China rivalry, particularly over setting global standards on AI.
China hosted annual World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai in July. Observers say there are now growing indications that rivalry in the emerging field is set to intensify, against a backdrop of heightened anxieties and distrust between the two superpowers.
Unesco move would open front for US-China rivalry, particularly over setting global standards on AI. The
AI battle will unfold with Beijing and Washington.
Latest signal rivalry is intensifying with US President Joe Biden last month outlined plans for fresh restrictions on investments American firms can make in Chinese entities, including in “certain artificial intelligence systems”. There have long been signs suggesting how important a sector AI would be and how it could shape up to be a key arena of competition between the US and China.
Chinese govt in 2021 specified AI as one of seven “frontier technologies” to develop. And in July, China hosted the annual World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, drawing 400 enterprises in what was a show of its ambitions.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomac...just-start.
