Xi calls for global AI 'loss-of-control' safeguards at Shanghai summit
X-Risk Daily
Sunday 19 July 2026
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Chinese President Xi Jinping used his first in-person appearance at China's flagship AI summit to press for international safeguards against AI "loss of control", telling delegates in Shanghai on 17 July that "we must make its oversight and governance precise and effective and constantly refine measures to forestall loss of control".
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