China took part in leaders' AI meeting even though UK did not acknowledge
China said it attended a top-level ministerial meeting at the UK AI Safety Summit on Thursday, despite not being listed by Britain among the «like-minded» participants and not featuring in official handshakes or the family photograph.
China's absence sparked questions because it participated in the first day of the two-day summit on the safety of «frontier» artificial intelligence, and Britain declined to say why Beijing was not among those joining the second day's senior meeting.
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«Please contact the British sponsoring government department for the specific arrangements and outcomes of the meeting,» the Chinese ministry said when asked why Wu had not featured in the public events on Thursday.
In one possible reason for not advertising the Chinese presence, Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden told Bloomberg TV on Wednesday that «there are some sessions where we have like-minded countries working together, so it might not be appropriate for China to join».
Among other reasons speculated was that Britain wanted to present a united front and China did not back Thursday's joint agreement.
The Chinese technology ministry declined to say why China did not agree to the proposal, which was about
