On the morning of July 4, the World Conference on Artificial Intelligence 2024 and the High-level Conference on Artificial Intelligence Global Governance (WAIC2024) opened in Shanghai.

This highly regarded AI event has entered its seventh year. Over the past six years, the World Artificial Intelligence Conference has attracted a total of 800,000 offline visitors and 2.5 billion online participants, becoming an international brand event in the artificial intelligence industry.

8440-1713D On the morning of July 4, the World Conference on Artificial Intelligence 2024 and the High-level Conference on Artificial Intelligence Global Governance (WAIC2024) opened in Shanghai. This article photo surging news reporter Yu Kaitu

This year’s conference “promote sharing through consultation, promote good governance and wisdom” as the theme, the conference forum in accordance with the “1+3+10+X” structure, including an opening ceremony and plenary meeting, 3 main forums, several industry forums, It covers key topics such as AI ethical governance, large models, data, computing power, embodied intelligence, new industrialization, autonomous driving, investment and financing, education and talents, and fully reflects the value orientation of AI towards good, international cooperation, co-governance and sharing. The conference will gather representatives from all over the world, top experts and scholars, industry elites, and start-up teams to discuss hot topics in the era of deep development of artificial intelligence.

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During the release session of the conference, the “China’s Smart World Case Collection”, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization’s Global Industrial Artificial Intelligence Alliance Center of Excellence and the “Shanghai Declaration on Artificial Intelligence Global Governance” were officially released. Muller, Director general of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, revealed at the opening ceremony that the gap between developed countries and developing countries in the development of artificial intelligence is getting larger and larger, and the risk is getting larger and larger. Unido, in collaboration with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China and the Shanghai Municipal Government, will establish a Global Industrial Artificial Intelligence Alliance Center of Excellence in Shanghai, with the aim of bridging the intelligence gap and enabling more developing countries to benefit from the dividends of AI development.

8440-1713D The United Nations Industrial Development Organization’s Global Industrial Artificial Intelligence Alliance Center of Excellence was officially launched.

The conference will be co-hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Cyberspace Administration of China, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the China Association for Science and Technology and the Shanghai Municipal Government.