Weekend in AI: China’s Global Gambit, Tech Giants’ Moves & a “Godfather” Warning (July 26–27, 2025)
China Champions Global AI Cooperation: At the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, Chinese Premier Li Qiang announced plans to create a new international organization to jointly develop and govern AI reuters.com. Li warned that AI could become an “exclusive game” for a few nations or companies without a “global consensus” on governance reuters.com reuters.com. He urged openness and vowed China would share its AI advances with other countries, especially in the Global South reuters.com. China also released an AI governance action plan inviting governments, firms, and researchers worldwide to collaborate via open-source communities reuters.com. Echoing the call for cooperation, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the conference that establishing AI rules will be “a defining test of international cooperation” dw.com.
