Chinese Premier Li Qiang urged the world to find a balance between artificial intelligence development and security risks. Speaking at the World AI Conference in Shanghai, he stressed that a global consensus is urgently needed.

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to reshape industries and economies worldwide, two global powers—the United States and China—are charting starkly different courses on how to regulate this transformative technology.

A view of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on July 26, 2025. Zhang Weilan/GT. The 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC2025) kicked off in Sh

At the World AI Conference, Premier Li Qiang proposed a global body for AI cooperation to manage development and security in the tech landscape.

Despite U.S. export controls on advanced semiconductors, the company had managed to develop a customizable open technology that could compete with some of the most advanced proprietary American AI models,

AI experts warn that the administration is sidestepping safety precautions and ignoring the impacts of research funding cuts and visa restrictions for scientists.

China's top leadership has recently pledged to curb "involutionary" competition amid intense price wars in the country.

President Donald Trump signed three executive orders on Wednesday with the goal of global dominance in artificial intelligence.