China's President Xi Jinping proposed the creation of a World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization as Asian and Pacific Rim leaders adopted major new regional frameworks aiming at ensuring new technology and demographic transitions translate into inclusive growth.
Wrapping up their leaders' weeklong meeting on Saturday, the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation nations, which collectively account for 50% of global trade and 61% of the world's total economic output, agreed to new, cooperative initiatives to secure the region's future economic stability.