Exclusive Interview | "China is right to promote continuous improvement of global artificial intelligence governance" - Interview with Andrei Kondrashov, President of Russia's TASS News Agency

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 8th, Exclusive Interview | "China is right to promote continuous improvement of global artificial intelligence governance" - Interview with Andrei Kondrashov, President of Russia's TASS News Agency

Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Chendi

"China is very right about promoting the continuous improvement of global artificial intelligence governance." Andrei Kondrashov, president of Russia's TASS news agency, said in an exclusive interview with Xinhua News Agency reporters during the 7th World Media Summit that everyone, especially media practitioners, should think about how to deal with the opportunities and challenges brought by artificial intelligence.

In Kondrashov’s view, artificial intelligence is indeed a powerful tool for the media. It is helping media people continue to break through stereotypes, but it also brings serious challenges. He pointed out that with the popularity of this technology, some fake news based on deep fakes have begun to appear, and producers are using it to disrupt social and economic operations and serve political and economic purposes.

"There is a proverb in Russia: The lost spoon is found, but the displeasure remains." Kondrashov explained that in the face of fake news, although the media clarifies the facts, the seeds of doubt remain in the hearts of the audience, which is an important purpose of fake news producers. It is said that clarifying a rumor often requires at least 6 times the effort of creating a rumor. Despite this, the media still needs to work hard to eliminate the false and preserve the truth, and must not become a "hostage" of fake news.

He believes that the media no longer has enough reaction time to deal with fake news. If they fail to block them within the first few minutes when they start to spread, the media will be overwhelmed by public opinion before they even have time to defend themselves. From this perspective, the media also needs to use artificial intelligence to foresee risks, thereby greatly saving time and energy and helping to find the truth.

The 7th World Media Summit was held in Beijing from November 5th to 9th. The theme of the summit was "Media Mission and Cooperative Action in Intelligent Change".

"We must recognize China's contribution." Kondrashov said that the development of artificial intelligence is also constantly deepening the development gap between countries. China's artificial intelligence solutions have become increasingly mature and favored by many countries, including Russia. China has opened its doors and is committed to sharing its technological achievements, which can help bridge the gap.

At the summit, one thing surprised Kondrashov. He found that media representatives from various countries had very similar positions on the continuous improvement of artificial intelligence governance. He said that although the guests came from different countries and their respective editing principles were also different, the mission of the media and the challenges they faced were the same, and people's pursuit of peaceful coexistence, technological progress and news truth was also the same. The World Media Summit provided a good opportunity for countries to listen to each other's voices.