China’s AI Plan Relies on Frenzy, Frenemies: Catherine Thorbecke

Wandering through the halls of China’s top artificial intelligence summit this week, I overheard heated debates on some of the thorniest issues facing the sector: How do we solve the problem of interoperability if hundreds of companies are launching their own AI agents? Which large language models are the most developer-friendly to build apps on? Are humanoids tools or companions?

Held on the banks of the Huangpu river in Shanghai, the World AI Conference convened thousands of people — as well as scores of robots — and brought to life all the passions and pitfalls of the current state of AI in China. It ...