China will never allow any country in this world to achieve AI dominance: Victor Gao
China will thwart US ambitions for global artificial intelligence (AI) dominance, the vice-president of the Centre for China and Globalisation has said, while warning that Washington’s military-focused strategy was pushing towards “AI for evil”. Addressing the Penang Peace Dialogue in Malaysia on Sunday, Victor Gao said the US was “weaponising and militarising AI”, and integrating the technology…
Chinese Vice-President Victor Gao warned that the United States is attempting to achieve global artificial intelligence (AI) dominance through weaponization and militarization. Gao argued that China will not allow any country to achieve AI dominance, preferring to promote open-source development instead of closed-source strategies.
Gao stated that China's control over rare earth materials and its commitment to pushing forward AI leadership will prevent the US from ever achieving "AI for evil" purposes. The Chinese vice-president emphasized the need for multilateral cooperation and international AI governance frameworks to prevent the misuse of AI technology for military purposes.
Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Centre for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, echoed Gao's concerns, describing the US as a country led by the "military-industrial-digital complex" focused on maximizing AI militarization. Sachs dismissed this US objective as "arithmetically, economically, financially and militarily impossible".
Taiwanese National Women's League chairwoman Joanna Lei highlighted the Kimi K3 AI model as a watershed moment challenging Western capitalist technology development paradigms, shifting the focus from powerful models to deployment at scale.
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