Xi Jinping calls for more open-source AI: 'China is ready to be more open'

Chinese leader Xi Jinping emphasized the importance of open-source AI during a speech at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, advocating for openness, collaboration, and sharing. He highlighted China's open-source AI models like Kimi K3 and GLM 5.2, contrasting them with closed-source models in the U.S., and called for global AI regulation and cooperation to bridge the digital divide.