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World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization

World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization rather than just read about it. In short: The World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization (WAICO) is an international organization that focused on artificial intelligence (AI) established in July 2026. Proposed by China prior to its 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, it is headquartered in Shanghai and oriented toward the Global South.

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The World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization (WAICO) is an international organization that focused on artificial intelligence (AI) established in July 2026. Proposed by China prior to its 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, it is headquartered in Shanghai and oriented toward the Global South. The organization is viewed as rivalling the US-led Pax Silica initiative, which aims to counter China's influence in the global supply chains for rare-earth elements, semiconductors, and AI.

History The World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization was first proposed by Chinese Premier Li Qiang in July 2025. CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping reiterated the same proposal at the 33rd meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation in October 2025. On 16 July 2026, 29 countries signed the agreement on the creation of the WAICO. The signing ceremony happened on the eve of the annual World Artificial Intelligence Conference. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres attended the signing ceremony. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi signed the agreement on behalf of the Chinese government. The organization is viewed as rivalling the US-led Pax Silica initiative, which aims to counter China's influence in the global supply chains for rare-earth elements, semiconductors, and AI. The agreement establishes WAICO as a China-led intergovernmental organization, with a design that analysts have described as open to all sovereign states and oriented toward development and the Global South. China's rhetoric has favored the development of open-source artificial intelligence. China's open models, such as from DeepSeek, Kimi and Z.ai, have gained usage among US companies from below 10% of tokens in mid-2025 to around 40% of tokens in mid-2026. In July 2026, Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, ambassador of Iran to China, met with Deputy Foreign Minister Liu Bin. Fazli then signed WAICO's founding charter, thus making Iran a member state.

Member states The countries which signed the agreement include:

Structure As specified by the signing treaty, WAICO consists of a council and a secretariat. The council consists of all WAICO member states and is responsible for making decisions, admitting member or observer states, appointing the secretary general or deputy secretary general, and establishing child organizations or working groups. The secretariat includes one secretary general and two deputy secretaries general, all of which serve on 3-year terms.

Reactions Arindrajit Basu, writing for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, suggested that the Chinese government might intend to use WAICO to expand the country's network of AI cooperation centers or to shape AI policy discussions at the United Nations. Elizabeth Gibney, writing in Nature in 2025, speculated that WAICO will likely not govern the AI industry in an enforceable way. Heru Sutadi, in an interview with Majalah ICT, argued that the global AI ecosystem remains highly concentrated. AI model development, computing capacity, GPUs, AI factories, cloud computing, and large-scale data infrastructure are still dominated by a small number of global technology companies. According to Sutadi, this concentration risks creating a new form of digital divide—an "AI divide"—in which countries in the Global South become merely users of AI technologies without equal opportunities to develop domestic AI capabilities. He stated:

WAICO must be more than just an international organization discussing AI developments. It must be a platform that champions the interests of the Global South so that it is not left further behind in the artificial intelligence revolution. AI must be a technology that empowers all countries, not just strengthens the dominance of a handful of global technology companies.

See also Artificial Intelligence Cold War Artificial intelligence arms race

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