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The Future Society co-hosted the first-ever US-China AI Technology Summit in Silicon Valley, in partnership with FoundersX Ventures and China’s AI Industry Alliance.

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The Inaugural US-China AI Tech Summit

June 29, 2018

The summit was the first-ever public dialogue between U.S. and Chinese technology executives about the ethics and governance of AI. The gathering featured a keynote address by Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak, and included leaders from The World Economic Forum, Google, Baidu, Microsoft, JD.com, Oracle, Nissan, Bloomberg Beta, Lending Club, Intel, SF Express, IBM Watson, Color Genomics, Postmates, Petuum, and many other companies and venture capital firms.

Read the report of the event here.

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