China warns of artificial intelligence risks, calls for beefed-up national security measures

China’s ruling Communist Party is calling for beefed-up national security measures, highlighting the risks posed by advances in artificial intelligence

China’s ruling Communist Party is calling for beefed-up national security measures, highlighting the risks posed by advances in artificial intelligence.

A meeting headed by party leader and President Xi Jinping on May 30 urged “dedicated efforts to safeguard political security and improve the security governance of internet data and artificial intelligence", the official Xinhua news agency said.

Mr. Xi, who is China's head of state, commander of the military and chair of the party’s National Security Commission, called at the meeting for “staying keenly aware of the complicated and challenging circumstances facing national security”.

China needs a "new pattern of development with a new security architecture”, Xinhua reported Mr. Xi as saying.

China already dedicates vast resources to suppressing any perceived political threats to the party’s dominance, with spending on the police and security personnel exceeding that devoted to the military.

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