China wants to lead the world on AI regulation — will the plan work?

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Despite risks ranging from [exacerbating inequality](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00674-9) to causing [existential catastrophe](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03686-1), the world has yet to agree on regulations to govern artificial intelligence. Although a [patchwork of national](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02491-y) and [regional regulations](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00497-8) exists, for many countries binding rules are still being fleshed out.

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