hina has been invited to attend Rishi Sunak’s flagship summit on synthetic intelligence (AI) regardless of tensions with Beijing.
Relations with China have been strained by a sequence of safety rows, together with the arrest of a parliamentary researcher underneath the Official Secrets and techniques Act.
However China’s standing as a expertise superpower has led the Authorities to increase an invite to the summit on AI security at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire in November.
The summit is a part of the Prime Minister’s plan to place the UK as a world chief on AI.
Overseas Secretary James Cleverly mentioned: “We can’t hold the UK public protected from the dangers of AI if we exclude one of many main nations in AI tech.
“That’s why China has been invited to our AI Security Summit in November.
“The UK’s strategy to China is to guard our establishments and infrastructure, align with companions, and have interaction the place it’s within the UK’s nationwide curiosity.”
Public affirmation of the arrest of the researcher – who insists he’s utterly harmless – got here solely weeks after Mr Cleverly turned the primary Overseas Secretary in 5 years to go to China on the finish of August.
The Prime Minister’s representatives for the AI summit are participating with China and different nations to find out the exact nature of their participation within the Bletchley Park gathering.
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