Many countries have refused to back a pledge with principles including human responsibility over AI-powered weapons and encouraging clear chains of command and control

The review marks yet another delay for Nvidia, which is hoping to return to China’s $50 billion-a-year AI market after a recent Beijing ban on its chips

The plan comes at a time when Elon Musk-led SpaceX expects to use funds from its planned $25 billion blockbuster IPO this year to develop orbital AI data centres

Regulatory approvals were granted during Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang's visit to China this week

MiniMax is the second of China's so-called 'AI tigers' to go public, the first being Zhipu AI which made its market debut on Thursday, and also saw solid gains on Friday

The strict payment requirements underscore the delicate balancing act Nvidia faces as it attempts to capitalise on surging Chinese demand while navigating regulatory uncertainty with both Beijing and Washington

Beijing could use the review to influence the transaction, including, in an extreme case, trying to force the parties to abandon the deal, according to a report by the Financial Times

The Facebook parent said that the startup, Manus, will cut ties with China after it has been acquired

If the the draft rules are imposed, they would be the first-of-their-kind regulations around AI chatbots from any country in the world

Beijing’s push for artificial intelligence self-reliance could be hyping up stocks of Chinese chipmakers despite their lags in technology

Every tested firm ranked very poorly at assessing existential safety, a measure that evaluates whether they have any concrete strategies to manage potential ‘catastrophic risks’ from AI superintelligence

Chinese developers of large language models and artificial intelligence chip manufacturers including US-sanctioned Huawei, Biren, and Moore Threads will join hands to build an AI 'ecosystem'