The World AI Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai highlights China's drive for technological self-reliance amid US chip restrictions. Beijing rejects 'trap' claims regarding its open-source AI promotion, aiming to foster global exchanges and ensure AI benefits reach developing nations.
President Xi Jinping opened China's 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, elevating its status and signaling AI's role as a technological imperative and cornerstone of China's geopolitical strategy amid US tech restrictions.
At China's premier AI conference, scholars and international figures called for greater global cooperation and development-focused AI regulations to prevent a widening digital divide. Representatives from developing economies cautioned against stifling early-stage AI progress.
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered his first keynote at the World AI Conference, pledging open source AI growth amid rising US-China tensions, hours after a critical US address by Donald Trump.
Alibaba's T-Head open-sources its AI chip software stack to challenge Nvidia's CUDA dominance, aiming to boost developer adoption and China's tech self-sufficiency amid US-China rivalry.
