Navigated to China aims for self-reliance in AI, with Wendy Chang and Antonia Hmaidi

China aims for self-reliance in AI, with Wendy Chang and Antonia Hmaidi

July 22
30 mins

View Transcript

Episode Description

Artificial Intelligence is reshaping the way we live and work, and its potential use in military applications could alter the global balance of power. The Chinese Communist Party is taking note of this development. During a Politburo study session focused on AI in April, China’s party and state leader Xi Jinping urged a nationwide mobilization to achieve “self-reliance and self-strengthening” in AI. 

Wendy Chang and Antonia Hmaidi – analysts in the Science, Technology and Innovation Program at MERICS – join Johannes Heller-John to assess China’s aims and progress on its self-sufficiency drive in AI. Together with Rebecca Arcesati, Antonia and Wendy have authored our new report “China’s drive toward self-reliance in artificial intelligence: from chips to large language models”. Research for the report is part of the MERICS China Tech Observatory (CTO), a project funded by the Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) under funding reference number 01DO24001.

More about the topics covered in this episode here:

See all episodes

Never lose your place, on any device

Create a free account to sync, back up, and get personal recommendations.