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15th Five-Year Plan puts AI at center of digital economy agenda

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AGI is on Beijing's policy agenda – but don't freak out. ICYMI: China’s AGI goals (or lack thereof) have been a matter of hot debate among US policymakers, for whom the “race to AGI” has become the driving force of AI policy. Wonder no more. The plan says China will:

“Explore development paths for ...