CHINA'S XI URGES COUNTRIES UNITE IN TACKLING AI CHALLENGES BUT MAKES NO MENTION OF INTERNET CONTROLS

Chinese President Xi Jinping said this week that potential risks associated with artificial intelligence are challenges that countries should deal with together, remarks that come against the backdrop of China's rigid control of free speech on the internet.

At the same time, China has also maximized the internet's economic benefits and social media's propaganda contributions to the ruling Communist Party's authoritarian agenda.

Xi's prerecorded speech was broadcast at the opening of the World Internet Conference Summit in the eastern city of Wuzhen.

He called for common security in cyberspace instead of confrontation. He said China would work with other countries to address risks brought by the development of Al and expressed his objections to "cyberspace hegemony!