UK Invites China to Parts of Its Global AI Summit

Cleverly said the first major summit on AI safety has to include ‘leading nations’ like China amid concerns over the regime’s spying and influence campaigns.

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly arrives at BBC Broadcasting House in London on Sept. 17, 2023. James Manning/PA

China has been invited to attend the UK’s global artificial intelligence (AI) summit in November, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly confirmed on Tuesday.

Defending the move, which has been likened to “letting the cat in with the canaries,” Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt said the invitation won’t extend to “every single part of the summit.”