China’s president Xi Jinping has told an internet governance summit that the global community should come together to help manage the potential risks posed by technological innovations like artificial intelligence (AI).

Beijing is ready to “promote the safe development of AI,” Xi said in pre-recorded comments delivered on Wednesday as part of the opening ceremony of the 2023 World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, in Zhejiang province. Last month, the Chinese government announced its Global AI Governance Initiative, a proposal which calls for the safe and open development of AI technology.

Xi added that cooperation and not confrontation is necessary in order to build a shared cyberspace community, the Xinhua news agency said, and that technology can be developed to act as a benefit for more countries. He also expressed his opposition to what he called “cyberspace hegemony.”

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