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Europe will be a ‘safe space’ for AI innovation, Macron tells India summit

French President Emmanuel Macron told the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi that the EU would continue to “shape the rules of the game” regarding artificial intelligence in concert with allies, describing Europe as a “safe space” for innovation and investment that would also protect children from digital abuse.

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China’s dancing robots: how worried should we be?

Eye-catching martial arts performance at China gala had viewers and experts wondering what else humanoids can doDancing humanoid robots took centre stage on Monday during the annual China Media Group’s Spring Festival Gala, China’s most-watched official television broadcast. They lunged and backflipped (landing on their knees), they spun around and jumped. Not one fell over.The

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From Lunar New Year prayers to high-tech displays, millions usher in the Year of the Horse

Fireworks lit the skies and incense smoke filled the air as millions rang in the Lunar New Year on Tuesday. From bustling temple fairs in Beijing to a high-tech Spring Festival gala, the Year of the Horse began in a swirl of prayer, pageantry and cutting-edge spectacle.

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Leaders gather for New Delhi AI summit as warnings grow over societal risks

A global artificial intelligence summit opens in New Delhi on Monday, tackling issues from job disruption to child safety, though some participants warn its sweeping agenda may hinder firm commitments. Surging demand for generative AI has lifted tech profits and shares, even as concerns mount over social and environmental risks.

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‘Was I scared going back to China? No’: Ai Weiwei on AI, western censorship and returning home

He has been jailed, tracked and threatened by China’s government. What was it like pay a visit home? As he publishes a polemic about surveillance and state control, he relives a momentous trip to see his motherAi Weiwei is talking me through the decision-making process before his first visit to China in over a decade.

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South Korea’s ‘world-first’ AI laws face pushback amid bid to become leading tech power

The laws have been criticised by tech startups, which say they go too far, and civil society groups, which say they don’t go far enoughSouth Korea has embarked on a foray into the regulation of AI, launching what has been billed as the most comprehensive set of laws anywhere in the world, that could prove

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Burner phones and lead-lined bags: a history of UK security tactics in China

Starmer’s team is wary of spies but such fears are not new – with Theresa May once warned to get dressed under duvetWhen prime ministers travel to China, heightened security arrangements are a given – as is the quiet game of cat and mouse that takes place behind the scenes as each country tests out

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China lags behind US at AI frontier but could quickly catch up, say experts

Beijing’s AI policy is focused on real-life applications but Chinese companies are beginning to articulate their own grand visionsStanding on stage in the eastern China tech hub of Hangzhou, Alibaba’s normally media-shy CEO made an attention-grabbing announcement. “The world today is witnessing the dawn of an AI-driven intelligent revolution,” Eddie Wu told a developer conference

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