STORY: China wants to help coordinate global efforts to regulate fast-evolving AI technology, Premier Li Qiang told the annual World Artificial Intelligence Conference on Saturday."Today, I take this opportunity of the conference to propose establishing a World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization on behalf of the Chinese government,

China's Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu told a roundtable of representatives from over 30 countries, including Russia, South Africa, Qatar, South Korea and Germany, that China wanted the organisation to promote pragmatic cooperation in AI and was considering putting its headquarters in Shanghai.

China’s Premier Li Qiang called for urgent global consensus on artificial intelligence safety and governance, announcing a new international cooperation body.