Interviewed by tech and climate journalist Vanessa Bates Ramirez on the topic of China's AI strategy, where we discussed China's distinct four-pronged S&T goals and its S&T reform drive to balance private sector and national needs. We also discussed the roots of Chinese leaders' AGI disinterest and long-held excitement over AI diffusion, and the implications for AI governance in China. You can find the article here.
Professor Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh (Cambridge) and I argued that the U.S. and China are pursuing two different AI strategies, and that the A.G.I.-race narrative is misleading and unnecessarily constrains the space for meaningful U.S.-Chinese cooperation in AI governance. You can read our analysis in full here (subscription required).
Alongside notable China AI experts, such as Helen Toner (CSET) and Paul Triolo (Asia Society), I decoded the key messages from Chinese leaders' April 2025 study session on AI. See our commentaries here.
I shared with journalist Zeyi Yang what we ought to expect from the China's evolving AI regulatory approach and ongoing AI legislative efforts. See his reporting here.