In a regular press conference on September 14 (local time), Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jia Kun addressed the claims by top executives at U.S. AI companies that the pace of artificial intelligence (AI) development should be slowed. He stated that fearmongering, confrontation, and malicious competition only hinder efforts toward global AI governance and serve the interests of no stakeholder.
PolicyMinistry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of ChinaGuo Jiajun
Chinese Foreign Ministry Responds to AI Development "Slowdown Theory," Stating That Confrontation and Malicious Competition Hinder Governance
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When asked for a view on the calls from U.S. AI leaders—including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk—for a slowdown in frontier AI development, Mr. Guo expressed the view that AI development concerns the common welfare of all humanity. He emphasized that all stakeholders should cooperate to promote AI that is open, inclusive, universally beneficial, and aligned with humanity.
Additionally, during the press conference, Mr. Guo touched upon President Xi Jinping's advocacy for AI open source during the BRICS summit held in India. China has expressed its policy to support the capacity building of Global South countries through cooperation, such as taking the lead in constructing the BRICS AI open-source zone and building cloud platforms for the digital industry.
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