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China has built an extensive framework for regulating AI risks – challenging perceptions that global governance must begin with rules developed by the United States and its allies.
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For Southeast Asia, the AI race is about access, not supremacy
The region’s stake in AI is not simply which great power builds the most capable model. The key is to ensure that AI remains affordable, locally relevant, continuously available and politically accessible.
Policy & Finance
Southeast Asia and AI adoption: The return of cold war strategies
Southeast Asian countries are seeking to adopt some measure of autonomy in the AI technology competition between China and the US. The question is whether such efforts can be successful.
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Don’t wait on a responsible AI policy. You already have one
Artificial Intelligence's environmental, workforce, consumer and governance risks already belong in existing risk and disclosure systems. Companies waiting on a Responsible AI policy are ignoring the obvious.
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