The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday commended China's endeavor in developing artificial intelligence (AI) as the country aims to build a better world for all with the cutting-edge technology.
The UN secretary-general is in Shanghai for the 2026 World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance which opened in Shanghai on Friday.
After the opening ceremony, Guterres toured the AI exhibition at the venue, exchanged with Chinese AI professionals and interacted with a humanoid robot on the spot.
He praised China for its collaboration with other countries to bring the benefit of AI to all.
"It is a fantastic new world, but the new world to the benefit of people. It's not machines for machines. It's machines that are conceived to support people and to allow for everybody to benefit, not just a few. And this is what is beautiful in the cooperation that the People's Republic of China is establishing with other countries," said Guterres.
UN chief hails China's AI push for benefit of mankind
