China's Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu told a roundtable of representatives from over 30 countries, including Russia, South Africa, Qatar, South Korea and Germany, that China wanted the organisation to promote pragmatic cooperation in AI and was considering putting its headquarters in Shanghai.

AI experts warn that the administration is sidestepping safety precautions and ignoring the impacts of research funding cuts and visa restrictions for scientists.

President Donald Trump this week unveiled his administration’s AI action plan, a set of policy proposals and government initiatives meant to secure America’s leadership in the development of the transformative technology.