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July 14, 2026
China starts building an internet for AI agents
What happened: On July 13, MIIT, the cyberspace administration (CAC), the macro planner (NDRC), and the data bureau jointly issued guidance on upgrading China's "internet foundational resources." ICYDK: The term "internet foundational resources" refers to the internet's unglamorous plumbing, things… Read More »
July 14, 2026
Xi will headline the World AI Conference for the first time
What happened: On July 13, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) announced Xi Jinping will attend the opening of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai and deliver a keynote. This will be his first in-person appearance since the… Read More »
July 14, 2026
Zhipu pledges to invest in AI safety guardrails
On July 11, Zhipu co-founder Tang Jie released an internal letter naming "extreme safety governance" as one of the company's four core strategic pillars. Tang pledged tens of billions toward algorithm transparency and interpretability. Tang also underscored that it's important… Read More »