China’s Minister of State Security, Chen Yixin, has called for building a “security barrier” around artificial intelligence to address the political, social, and technological risks that come with its rapid growth. The remarks, published Sunday through the official WeChat account of the Cyberspace Administration of China—the country’s main internet regulator—come as Beijing and Washington continue to compete fiercely over who will lead the development and control of AI technology.
Chen described artificial intelligence as one of the central battlegrounds in today’s global technology race, framing it as a new arena for rivalry between major world powers. He argued that as AI systems become more powerful and widespread, they also open the door to new vulnerabilities that could threaten national security, social stability, and public trust in technology.
To manage these risks, the minister pushed for stronger government supervision over key components of AI systems, including the data used to train them, the algorithms that drive their decision-making, the computing power behind them, and the real-world applications built on top of them. He framed this increased oversight as essential to ensuring what he called a “healthy and orderly” development of the technology going forward.
The statement reflects Beijing’s broader effort to balance rapid AI innovation with tighter state control, especially as global anxiety grows over the technology’s unpredictable consequences. You can read the original report at El Tiempo for more details.
Source: China plantea una 'barrera de seguridad' para la inteligencia artificial ante sus crecientes riesgos (eltiempo.com). English version produced with AI assistance.
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