Global Cooperation and Development-Focused AI Regulations Urged at China Conference
Quick Look
- 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.
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Why It Matters
Scholars and international figures at China's premier AI conference highlighted the urgent need for global cooperation and development-focused AI regulations to prevent a widening digital divide. Developing economies expressed concerns that AI governance could stifle early-stage progress.
Greater global cooperation and development-focused AI regulations are urgently needed to prevent a widening digital divide, scholars and international figures said at China’s premier AI conference on Saturday.
“We need to build international consensus,” said Xue Lan, a prominent scholar of public policy and global AI governance and dean of the Schwarzman College at Tsinghua University, during a panel on Saturday.
Xue called on international organisations to improve interoperability between national governance systems and prevent the fragmentation of global rules, while urging expanded cooperation between the Global South and the Global North.
Meanwhile, representatives from developing economies cautioned that AI governance risked stifling early-stage progress in emerging markets.
“Governance is not about regulating at the very beginning,” said Nambaryn Enkhbayar, former president of Mongolia, adding that nations had to first be able to seize technological opportunities and participate in the global AI economy.
“We are ready to develop AI in Mongolia through cooperation with other countries, including China,” he added.
Open Questions
- How will international consensus on AI governance be built?
- What specific regulations will be adopted?
- How will interoperability between national systems be improved?
