The International AI Cooperation and Governance Forum 2025 launched at the University of Melbourne on November 27 (Wednesday), bringing together leading scholars, policymakers, industry executives, and representatives from various international organizations to discuss the role of global collaboration in shaping a safer, more inclusive AI future.Co-hosted...
This event will explore China’s AI strategy and analyze its global implications for technological development, innovation, governance, and cooperation with Europe. This event will investigate what are the core pillars of China’s national AI strategy, and how do they shape the country’s ambitions in global technological leadership. At the same time, the...
The UNU Macau AI Conference 2025 concluded on October 24 at the Galaxy International Convention Center, Macau. The event gathered over 500 participants from more than 30 countries to explore the future of AI under the theme “AI for Humanity: Building an Equitable Digital Future.” As part of the UNU Macau Milestone Series, the conference commemorated the...
The UNU Global AI Network is pleased to launch the AI for SDGs — Global Youth AI Future Innovation Competition, an international science and technology innovation competition with the goals of empowering social innovation1, advancing yo...
The final competition of this year’s U&AI | AI for SDGs Youth Bootcamp, hosted by the Institute for AI International Governance of Tsinghua University (I-AIIG) and supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), was succes...
17 November, Beijing – Global youth from 14 teams put forward innovative AI solutions for advancing the Sustainable Development Goals on Tuesday at the online final competition of U&AI Camp, an international youth bootcamp. Launched in ...
On the morning of May 22, 2026, Hans-Christian Hagman, Chief Analyst and Senior Adviser at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, led a delegation to the Institute for AI International Governance (I-AIIG) at Tsinghua University. The d...
On April 30, a group of leading scholars from the United States and China issued a joint warning at a public meeting on Capitol Hill, Washington D.C. about the potential existential AI risks, calling for stronger international cooperatio...
On April 30, a group of leading scholars from the United States and China issued a joint warning at a public meeting on Capitol Hill, Washington D.C. about the potential existential AI risks, calling for stronger international cooperatio...
Liang Zheng, said governance is not keeping pace with technological development and pointed to widening capability gaps between countries, as well as difficulties in building broader governance consensus.
"If we assume, based on past experience, that new jobs will naturally emerge, that may not necessarily hold true this time," Xue said. He pointed to the need for stronger policy responses, particularly in social security, as workers navi...
“In China we define AI as an enabler to improve existing industry, like healthcare, energy, or agriculture,” says AI policy researcher Liang Zheng, of Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. “The first priority is to use it to benefit ...
“The first is the risk of malicious misuse, where individuals utilize AI technology for illegal activities, potentially causing widespread harm. The second is linked to inherent technical flaws, such as AI hallucinations, which can lead...
With 87% of Chinese companies planning to increase AI investment in 2025 and more than half reporting faster than expected progress, China’s AI momentum is accelerating. Simultaneously, the State Council’s AI+ Action Plan is pushing a...


Highlights•AI as automated respondents reduces citizen-initiated contact; learning-driven AI worsens the effect more than rule-driven AI.•Respondent image, channel, purpos...

Highlights•Examining public expectations and knowledge of AI through the theoretical lens of technological frames.•There are similarities and differences in the public’s ...

Highlights•AI adoption is a continuum rather than a dichotomous.•The underlying causes of global governmental AI adoption divide is explored.•Explainable Artificial Intel...