The development of artificial intelligence is constantly gaining pace, and its immense potential is transforming our lives. “It can predict, calculate and reproduce; it can accelerate the progress of our knowledge, our technology and our creativity.”

These were the opening words of French President Emmanuel Macron in the press kit for the two-day AI Action Summit that will conclude in Paris on Tuesday. As the French leader highlighted, despite the great opportunities the technology promises, it is the risks and legitimate concerns associated with its ability that have brought stakeholders from around the world to the French capital for the summit.

It is good that the discussions focused on actions to synergize the efforts of governments, companies and societies to build an inclusive AI global governance system to ensure that the technology serves the common good of humanity.

Yet the slow progress of the world in promoting the global governance of cyberspace, including data, algorithms and related software and hardware, on which AI technology operates —........

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