China-UK cooperation vital in ensuring the AI era puts people first

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China and the UK emphasize cooperation in developing artificial intelligence (AI) to ensure it prioritizes human-centric values. Discussions highlighted the need for institutions, standards, and economic systems to integrate AI responsibly in major economies.

During a recent discussion in Shenzhen with British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, I was reminded that the development of artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer only a technological race. It is a test of whether major economies can build the institutions, standards and economic systems needed to integrate intelligent machines into human society. Britain has every reason to enter this new era with confidence. It has contributed to much of the modern world’s foundations. In 1687, Isaac Newton...