Xi Urges Global, Human-Centered AI Collaboration to Prevent Solo Dominance

Chinese President Xi Jinping used the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai to call for international, people-centered AI development, arguing that AI must not be dominated by any one nation and should be governed with human oversight. He urged cooperation with global bodies across Africa, Latin America, Asia and BRICS to ensure equitable access to AI capacity-building, and warned against overstretched security concepts in AI. The remarks come as China builds a domestic AI ecosystem amid US/EU tech controls, with emphasis on laws, monitoring, and emergency response to keep AI under human control, while acknowledging the energy demands of data centers that power the technology.