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China AI governance - WAICO - Xi Jinping - World Artificial Intelligence Conference - AI geopoliticsChina’s bid to lead the global AI order
Through a new international AI governance body and a call for greater international AI cooperation at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, Beijing is positioning itself as an alternative leader in the global governance of artificial intelligence.By The Beiruter -
Sovereign AI - AI infrastructure - Foundation models - National compute capacity - CNAS Sovereign AI IndexThe race for sovereign AI
Governments are investing billions in national AI infrastructure, but a new index suggests technological independence remains far more elusive than political rhetoric implies.By The Beiruter -
Artificial intelligence - AI economy - AI infrastructure - Economic concentration - Data centersThe AI economy's petrostate problem
Artificial intelligence is giving rise to a new form of economic power, inviting comparisons with the political economy that once defined the world's oil-producing states.By The Beiruter -
China reusable rocket - Long March 10B - Reusable launch systems - SpaceX - Blue OriginChina's reusable rocket changes the space race
China's successful recovery of its first reusable orbital rocket marks a major technological milestone and intensifies competition in the rapidly expanding global space economy.By The Beiruter -
AI regulation - AI governance - Big Tech - Nell Watson - OECD AI PrinciplesCan big tobacco explain big tech?
As governments develop new rules for artificial intelligence, experts are debating whether the tobacco industry's history offers a useful framework for regulating today's largest technology companies.By The Beiruter -
Omar M. Yaghi - Tsinghua University - Scientific research - Nature Index - Nobel PrizeChina's pursuit of scientific talent
The recruitment of Nobel Prize-winning chemist Omar Yaghi reflects a decades-long strategy to build world-class universities, attract top researchers and strengthen China's position at the forefront of scientific innovation.By The Beiruter -
AI - AI governance - Artificial intelligence - Anthropic - intellectual propertyThe AI dispute over model ownership
Anthropic's allegations that Alibaba extracted Claude's capabilities have brought new attention to one of artificial intelligence's least settled questions: who owns the knowledge embedded within frontier AI models?By The Beiruter
