WIRE โ€” SHANGHAI, China: On July 17, Chinese President Xi Jinping presented China as a leader of a new global system for artificial intelligence (AI). He used the country's top technology conference to promote open-source AI and challenge the United States' influence over how rules for this fast-growing sector are set. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, X

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