AsianFin--Shanghaiopenedthe2025WorldArtificialIntelligenceConference(WAIC)andtheHigh-LevelMeetingonGlobalAIGovernanceonFriday,markingthecity’seighthconsecutiveyearhostingoneoftheworld’spremierAIevents.
Thisyear’sconference,themed“GlobalSolidarityintheAIEra,”bringstogethermorethan1,200globalparticipantsfromover30countriesandregions,includingNobelandTuringAwardlaureates,senioracademics,andrepresentativesfromleadinginternationallabsandAIcompanies.
Theeventfeaturesover800exhibitorsinarecord-breaking70,000-square-meterexhibitionspace,showcasingmorethan3,000cutting-edgeinnovations—fromlarge-scalelanguagemodelsandroboticstonext-genAIterminalproductsandglobaldebuts.
PremierLiQiangdeliveredthekeynoteaddressattheopeningceremony,emphasizingtheimportanceofplacingAIinthebroadercontextofhumanprogress.Heunderscoredthattechnologicalevolution—whetherthroughsteam,electricity,ortheinternet—mustremainhuman-centric.AccordingtoLi,AIshouldbedevelopedinclusivelyandtreatedasapublicgoodtoensureglobalbenefitsratherthanbecomingatooloftechnologicalmonopoly.
ThepremieralsopointedtotherapidconvergenceofAIwiththerealeconomy.Ascapabilitiesgrowanddeploymentcostsshrink,AIispoweringtransformativeshiftsacrossmanufacturing,healthcare,education,andagriculture,creatingnewgrowthengineswhileintroducingcomplexgovernancechallenges.
ListressedthreecoreprioritiesforAI’sfuture:inclusivityandequitableaccesstotechnology,collaborativeinnovationacrossborders,andabalancedapproachtoregulationthatprioritizessafetywithoutstiflingadvancement.HeproposedstrongerinternationalgovernanceframeworksandreiteratedChina’scommitmenttoinitiativeslikeopen-sourcecollaborationandcapacitybuildingfortheGlobalSouth.
AhighlightoftheeventwasthespeechbyGeoffreyHinton,apioneerindeeplearninganda2024Nobellaureate,whoattendedWAICforthefirsttime.
HintoncomparedhumancognitiontolargelanguagemodelsandexploredthephilosophicalandexistentialchallengesposedbyincreasinglyautonomousAIsystems.HewarnedthatasAIagentsdevelopgoalsandcontrol-seekingbehavior,traditionalsafeguardsmayproveinadequate.HintonadvocatedforthecreationofaninternationalAIsafetycoalitionfocusedonensuringthesesystemsremainalignedwithhumanvalues.
MiniMaxCEOYanJunjieshowcasedthegrowingproductivitygainsfromgenerativeAI,citingdrasticreductionsincostandtimetocreatemarketingcontent.Athiscompany,hesaidAIalreadygenerates70%ofcodeandperforms90%ofdataanalysis,signalingafuturewhereAIactsasacorecontributortobusinessoperations.
TuringAwardwinnerAndrewYaoraisedconcernsaboutthegrowingdigitaldivideifAIdevelopmentremainsconcentratedinthehandsofafewnationsorcorporations.HecalledformoreequitableaccessandbroaderparticipationintheAIrevolution.
FormerGoogleCEOEricSchmidtechoedsimilarviews,urgingChinaandtheU.S.tomaintaindialogueandresearchcollaborationtoalignvaluesintheageof“superintelligence.”HepraisedChina'sadvancementsinfieldslikeroboticsandvoicedoptimismaboutthepotentialforrenewedtrustandcooperationbetweenthetwoAIpowerhouses.
WAIC2025runsthroughJuly29,positioningShanghaiasacentralnodeintheglobalconversationonAI’sfuture—frominnovationandcommercializationtoethicsandgovernance.
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