In a speech at the opening ceremony of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, President Xi Jinping cast China as the champion of a new global AI order.
He used China's premier tech conference to promote open-source technology and challenge US influence over the rules governing the fast-moving sector.
Xi urged countries to seize the "historic opportunity" of open-source AI, and pledged to help developing nations build AI capabilities, warning against the emergence of "new historical injustices" from unequal access to the technology.
