U.S., other nations back open-source AI with 'strong security' at China summit
CHENGDU, China — Governments increasingly want to control artificial intelligence, as companies release more powerful open-source models, a new...
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- CHENGDU, China — Governments increasingly want to control artificial intelligence, as companies release more powerful open-source models, a new multilateral statement indicates.
- and China, released a "Chengdu statement" on AI that emphasized respect for "security, data protection and intellectual property rights," while calling for supporting open-source development.
- The statement released Thursday also specified support for models and projects "that employ strong security assurance through development and deployment." Those details reflect how open source is moving further away from its libertarian roots, and toward one involving more state oversight.
- China has led recent open-source AI development, amid U.S.
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CHENGDU, China — Governments increasingly want to control artificial intelligence, as companies release more powerful open-source models, a new multilateral statement indicates. and China, released a "Chengdu statement" on AI that emphasized respect for "security, data protection and intellectual property rights," while calling for supporting open-source development. The statement released Thursday also specified support for models and projects "that employ strong security assurance through development and deployment." Those details reflect how open source is moving further away from its libertarian roots, and toward one involving more state oversight. China has led recent open-source AI development, amid U.S. The Chengdu statement's "explicit alignment around open-source ecosystems and compute infrastructure" confirms that Asia-Pacific is moving away from closed models to open-weight systems that are combined with state-coordinated energy, telecom and digital infrastructure, said Winston Ma, adjunct professor of law at New York University, The APEC AI statement is the first one to include open-source cooperation at a minister level, according to Li Lecheng, China's industry and...