Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing will visit France from Sunday until February 12 as President Xi Jinping's special representative at the AI Action Summit, the foreign ministry said on Friday. Representatives of nearly 100 nations are gathering at the event to discuss the safe development of artificial intelligence (AI).

China is sending a vice-premier in charge of industrial policies to a high-level artificial intelligence (AI) summit in Paris next week, as a small Chinese firm shakes up the global AI race. Vice-Premier Zhang Guoqing will visit France from Sunday to Wednesday as a special representative of President Xi Jinping to the AI Action Summit,

Paris is set to become the epicenter of the global artificial intelligence conversation next week as world leaders, tech giants, and scientists gather for the AI Action Summit. Running from February 6 to 11, this week-long event aims to balance AI innovation, ethical development, and international cooperation.

As I write, there are a lot of powerful people around the world preparing to make their way to Paris – and a sense that many of them are holding their breath. On Monday, against the sumptuous backdrop of the city's 125-year-old Grand Palais,

Global experts will debate threats from artificial intelligence (AI) at a gathering in Paris on Thursday and Friday, ahead of a summit of world leaders on the fast-moving technology.