ANDChinese Premier Li Qiang denounced this Tuesday in the Davos World Economic Forum “discriminatory” trade barriers and advocated establishing “red lines” for the development of artificial intelligence.
Li Qiang is the Chinese official highest rank to participate in the World Economic Forum which has been held every year in Switzerland since 2017, when President Xi Jinping attended the event.
Li Qiang’s speech
In his speechdelivered a few days after the presidential election in Taiwan, which makes fear a resurgence of tensions between China and the United States, he did not address diplomatic issues head-on, focusing on the economy.
Li denounced “discriminatory measures for trade and investment” that resurface every year and I affirm that “All obstacles or disruptions can slow or block vital flows for the global economy.” The prime minister did not name any country, but trade was a thorny issue between China and the United States and the European Union (EU) in recent years.
Exports for the development of artificial intelligence
Recently, USA once again put a limit on thes exports of chips essential for the development of artificial intelligence technology and the EU opened an investigation on Chinese subsidies for electric vehicles.
He White House national security advisorJake Sullivan, responded from Davos that US restrictions on exports to China of some semiconductors “they are not a technological blockage” and seek to protect national security.
“I want to be clear that these bespoke provisions are not a technological blockade, they do not seek to restrict trade or investment generally and they do not,” Sullivan said in a speech at the Forum.
China’s wish
Li Qiang also advocated a “good governance” for AI technologywhich is booming, ensuring that China “wishes to develop communication and cooperation with all parties to improve the governance mechanisms of artificial intelligence.”
The advances in so-called generative artificial intelligencewhich impacted public opinion with the ChatGPT program, monopolized many of the debates in Davos.
What the European Union should do
The president of the European CommissionUrsula van der Leyen, warned that the EU must “redouble your efforts” pso as not to be left behind in this race.
“The race has already begun. Our future competitiveness depends on the integration of AI into our daily activities,” he said.
Investment in ChatGPT
For his parte, the head of MicrosoftSatya Nadella, defended its partnership with OpenAIthe creator of chatGPT, where its investment of approximately $13 billion since 2019 is in the crosshairs of European regulators.
“Associations are a way to have competition,” he said at an event organized by Bloomberg on the sidelines of the Davos meeting. highlighting the “big risk” taken by Microsoft.
Javier Milei in Davos
The meeting in Davos will be the international debut of the President, Javier Milei, who will present his libertarian ideas before this forum that brings together the economic and political elites of the world. This 53-year-old ultra-liberal economist who took office just over a month ago generates great interest.
“There are more than 60 bilateral requests”Milei said before traveling. “I have no way of physically responding to such a demand.”
Source: Ambito
