OpenAI changed AI. Is China changing who gets access?

开放AI改变了人工智能,中国正在改变谁能够获得这种访问吗?

The Point with Liu Xin

2026-07-17

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Silicon Valley gave us OpenAI. But is China taking AI in a different direction? As the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance opens in Shanghai, more than 1,100 companies are showcasing over 3,000 AI innovations, including 300+ world premieres. What is China's vision for AI? Can AI become more open, accessible and beneficial to more countries? And how could that reshape the future of global technology, and your everyday life?
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  • Cutting through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story.

  • This is The Point.

  • Silicon Valley gave us open AI, but is China making AI more open?

  • The 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, or WAIC,

  • and a high-level meeting on global AI governance kicks off on July 17. Under the theme AI Partnership

  • for a Brighter Future, the event brings together more than 1,100 companies from around the world,

  • showcasing over 3,000 cutting-edge AI innovations, including more than 300 making their global debut.

  • What is China's AI vision?

  • How could it shape the global AI landscape?

  • And what does all that mean?

  • Welcome to this edition of The Point with Min Lixin, an opinion show coming to you from Beijing.

  • I'm pleased to be joined from Silicon Valley by Bill Reichert, partner at Pegasus Tech Ventures,

  • a global venture capital firm that has invested in nearly all of the most high-profile

  • tech unicorns over the past decade, including X, OpenAI and SpaceX.

  • From China's southern technology hub Shenzhen by Liu Xiaoshan, director of Embodied AI.

  • At the Shenzhen Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics for Society, or AIRS,

  • and here in the studio by Professor Liang Yan, Kramer, Chair Professor of Economics at William Met University.

  • The warmest welcome to all of you.

  • Before we start the conversation,

  • let's just take a quick look at how global media are covering China's AI development from Reuters.