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Xi Announces AI Pact, Unveils World’s Largest Open-Source Model

7/17/2026

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Xi Jinping opened the Shanghai AI Conference on July 17, 2026, announced a 29-member AI Cooperation Organisation, framed China as the leader of an open-source AI order and warned that unequal access could cause injustices.
Moonshot AI unveiled Kimi K3, called the world’s largest open-source model, after the United States halted Anthropic’s models.
The event drew over 1,000 firms and leaders and displayed AI chips and Huawei’s Atlas 950 supernode.

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Xi Jinping opened the Shanghai AI Conference on July 17, 2026, announced a 29-member AI Cooperation Organisation, framed China as the leader of an open-source AI order and warned that unequal access could cause injustices.
Moonshot AI unveiled Kimi K3, called the world’s largest open-source model, after the United States halted Anthropic’s models.
The event drew over 1,000 firms and leaders and displayed AI chips and Huawei’s Atlas 950 supernode.