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China’s AI Ascendance Gives Xi a Stage and a Security Dilemma

Bloomberg Technology Thursday 16 July 2026, 23:00 UTC By Bloomberg News 1 min read
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China’s AI Ascendance Gives Xi a Stage and a Security Dilemma The rise of China’s AI models is handing President Xi Jinping new bragging rights and a stronger claim to shaping the technology’s global rules, even as their growing power stirs security alarm in Washington and Beijing alike. Xi is expected to make his case in his debut at the World AI Conference in Shanghai starting Friday, an event that previously attracted Elon Musk and Jack Ma.

China’s AI Ascendance Gives Xi a Stage and a Security Dilemma The rise of China’s AI models is handing President Xi Jinping new bragging rights and a stronger claim to shaping the technology’s global rules, even as their growing power stirs security alarm in Washington and Beijing alike. Xi is expected to make his case in his debut at the World AI Conference in Shanghai starting Friday, an event that previously attracted Elon Musk and Jack Ma. He’ll be addressing scores of tech and government leaders as Chinese models win over companies worldwide, with their share of US firms’ AI usage nearing record 60% on the popular marketplace OpenRouter.
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