Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday cast Beijing as the champion of a new global AI order, using China's premier tech conference to promote open-source technology and challenge U.S. influence over the rules governing the fast-moving sector, Reuters reported. 

In a speech to the opening ceremony of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, Xi urged countries to "seize the rare and historic opportunity" of open-source AI, and pledged to help developing ​nations build AI capabilities, warning against the emergence of "new historical injustices" from unequal access to the technology.