China-led AI bloc could narrow digital divide, expand global influence

Published on July 30, 2026

As China launches World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organisation to support AI training in poor countries, academics offer contrasting views on how it could extend global influence and intensify rivalry with US-led Pax Silica.

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