Experts note that governments and the public share a misunderstanding regarding the present and future of AI. Speaking at the Hong Kong Global AI Conference, participants highlighted China's current leadership role in establishing global regulatory guardrails for the technology.

Governments, industry and the public are in “common ignorance” about the present and future of artificial intelligence, making both international collaboration and coordination between industry and policymakers necessary, experts have said. In a panel discussion at the inaugural Hong Kong Global AI Conference at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) on Saturday, Alibaba Group Holding policy lead Fu Hongyu said that China was now at the front lines of global efforts to introduce guardrails...