Forbes July 24, 2024
Artificial intelligence was mentioned multiple times in the resolution for China’s Third Plenum, a major agenda-setting gathering of China’s leaders centered on economic policy that took place last week. The resolution discusses how AI should be harnessed for economic growth, cooperation with developing countries, and protecting minors online. But the Third Plenum was most focused on AI safety – and the technology’s implications for China’s national security.
Xi Jinping’s full explanation of the Third Plenum’s outcomes includes a proposal to create an AI Safety oversight mechanism (“establish an AI regulatory system” is a closer translation of the original). In language familiar to anyone who has reviewed U.S. official proclamations on the subject, like President Biden’s Executive Order on Safe, Secure,...