The World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai closed with 20.36 billion yuan in intended procurement deals, a new intergovernmental AI body signed by 29 countries, and Xi Jinping’s first in-person address a coordinated pitch to the Global South weeks after Washington launched its own AI alliance.
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The rise of powerful AI will be either the best, or the worst thing, ever to happen to humanity. We do not yet know which."
—Stephen Hawking
