AI is both a driver of economic growth and a strategic technology in global competition.⁣ ⁣ Ahead of the annual World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, Jeffrey Sachs – a public policy analyst and former Senior UN advisor – explains how China is "bringing much of the emerging and developing world together with it."⁣ ⁣ "This gathering in Shanghai – which has been going on for several years on an annual basis – is growing in global importance because of this broadening partnership of China and the emerging economies," Sachs says.⁣ ⁣ #ai #china #shanghai #waic⁣