{"id":280265,"date":"2026-06-24T05:23:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T09:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/world-risks-losing-control-of-technology-without-ai-governance-warns-chinese-pm\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T05:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T09:40:11","slug":"world-risks-losing-control-of-technology-without-ai-governance-warns-chinese-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/world-risks-losing-control-of-technology-without-ai-governance-warns-chinese-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"World risks ‘losing control of technology’ without AI governance, warns Chinese PM"},"content":{"rendered":"

World risks ‘losing control of technology’ without AI governance, warns Chinese PM<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/business\/20260624-world-risks-losing-control-of-technology-without-ai-governance-warns-chinese-pm<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-24 05:23:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.france24.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The world risks “losing control” of frontier technology such as artificial intelligence if governments are too slow to regulate it, China’s premier warned attendees at “Summer Davos” on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Fears are growing of AI-driven disruption to labour markets and the security risks it poses \u2013 from use in conflict to breaches of cyber defences and the potential creation of new bioweapons.<\/p>\n

“The speed of technological progress is unprecedented,” Premier Li Qiang said in a speech, noting that artificial intelligence has boosted “innovation efficiency”.<\/p>\n

“However, we cannot ignore increasingly prominent risks of losing control of technology and ethical lapses,” he said.<\/p>\n

“If governance in this area fails to keep pace, there could be serious consequences.”<\/p>\n

Tech breakthroughs are touted as drivers of economic growth, but shadows include concern over job losses and geopolitics, said speakers at the annual conference put on in China by the Switzerland-based World Economic Forum (WEF).<\/p>\n

Watch more<\/span>UN chief calls on AI firms to ‘come clean’ on environmental costs<\/p>\n

Mirek Dusek, WEF’s managing director, told AFP on Tuesday that AI opens the door to new opportunities in education, healthcare and other areas.<\/p>\n

“We are blessed with a lot of technological advancements recently, but the main imperative for decision-makers around the world is really: how do you make sure this counts in the real economy?” Dusek said.<\/p>\n

There is a “risk of a backlash against some of these technologies”, he warned.<\/p>\n

Adding to pressure on the international economic system is the US-Israeli war with Iran, which has stymied shipping from the oil-rich Middle East.<\/p>\n

‘Tepid environment’<\/h2>\n

These headwinds have led the World Bank to reduce its global growth forecast for this year to its lowest level since the Covid pandemic.<\/p>\n

The world economy is currently facing “a tepid environment”, Dusek said.<\/p>\n

Li Qiang’s speech at the “Annual Meeting of the New Champions” \u2013 held…<\/p>\n

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