STORY: UNESCO official on China's governance of AI
SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 5, 2024
DATELINE: Feb. 6, 2024
LENGTH: 00:00:52
LOCATION: KRANJ, Slovenia
CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY

SHOTLIST:
1. SOUNDBITE (English): GABRIELA RAMOS, UNESCO's assistant director general for social and human sciences

STORYLINE:

The Second Global Forum on the Ethics of AI, a two-day event sponsored by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), started on Monday in the Slovenian city of Kranj.

The forum, themed "Changing the Landscape of AI Governance," gathered more than 600 representatives from governments, international organizations, academic and research institutions, NGOs and businesses from 67 countries and regions.

Gabriela Ramos, UNESCO's assistant director general for social and human sciences, told Xinhua that China has not only formulated a series of measures and laws to regulate AI but has also actively participated in international efforts addressing the downsides of AI technologies, aiming to deliver better results for people.

SOUNDBITE (English): GABRIELA RAMOS, UNESCO's assistant director general for social and human sciences
"I have to say that China signed the recommendation on the ethics of AI of UNESCO. Therefore, we consider that is one of the 194 countries that have committed to developing ethical frameworks. We know that China has delivered dialogue and has delivered many rules to ensure that there is privacy protection and some other issues. They also committed, for example, to go against mass civilian social scoring. So that's a very important point for China to the labor. But in general, we feel that they are pretty much in line with this movement, international movement. You can see G7 and the G20 and AI Safety Summit. China was there in the sense of trying to address the downsides of these technologies to deliver better for people."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kranj, Slovenia.
(XHTV)