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On April 14, at the main forum of the World Internet Conference Asia-Pacific Summit held in Hong Kong, the report titled Empowering Global Sustainable Development through Inclusive Artificial Intelligence Governance (hereinafter referred to as the "Report") was officially released. As the first research outcome published after the establishment of the Artificial Intelligence Special Committee of the World Internet Conference, the Report aims to contribute to bridging the global North-South gap in the intelligent era, promoting the inclusive sharing of technological dividends among all mankind, and accelerating the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) empowered by artificial intelligence (AI).

The Report sorts out and analyzes the global progress, current development and existing issues of AI empowering sustainable development, and points out that while AI brings opportunities for sustainable development, it also poses many challenges that need to be addressed urgently. How to properly respond to these challenges and guide the positive empowerment of AI technology is a key task in advancing global AI governance. To this end, the Report draws the following conclusions and action recommendations:

First, the Sustainable Development Goals are closely interrelated; AI has the ability to make important contributions to the achievement of various goals, but proper governance is still needed to provide guidance and guarantees for the above-mentioned empowerment process. Studies cited in the Report show that the 17 Sustainable Development Goals are deeply interconnected, and the realization of each goal may potentially drive the achievement of several other related goals. At the same time, AI has demonstrated great application potential in various fields such as economy, society, environment and science. The Report analyzes more than 183,000 highly cited AI-related literatures, and the research results show that more than half of all highly cited AI articles make positive contributions to sustainable development. However, the application of AI also brings a series of new challenges, such as energy burden, algorithmic bias and structural unemployment. If these issues are not properly addressed, they may have a negative impact on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.

For this reason, the Report suggests that the international community should comprehensively promote the realization of sustainable development empowered by AI, and calls on governments, international organizations, enterprises and the academic community of all countries to increase their attention to this issue, deepen multi-stakeholder cooperation, and jointly promote the steady release of AI's potential in sustainable development. At the same time, it is necessary to establish and improve guidance and guarantee mechanisms to ensure that the application of AI technology always moves in a direction conducive to sustainable development.

Second, the "intelligence gap" is a new form of the "digital divide"; in the practice of AI empowering sustainable development, bridging the digital divide and the intelligence gap requires more open and inclusive multi-stakeholder participation to fully release the empowering potential of AI. In the field of AI empowering sustainable development, the digital divide is mainly manifested in three aspects of imbalance: first, there are differences in attention and investment among different Sustainable Development Goals; second, the insufficiency and imbalance of relevant data; third, the imbalance of technology adaptability.

Third, in the era of generative AI, the definition of "Open Source" has gradually evolved into "Open Resource", which covers the open sharing of source code, data, algorithms, models, standards, knowledge and content, and emphasizes more extensive interconnection and openness. Through optimizing resource allocation, this Open Resource model has formed diversified solutions in key fields such as government services, education and medical care, created a virtuous cycle of economic and social value, and provided strong support for the digital transformation of the global industrial chain and the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals. However, Open Resource also brings new risks of abuse, which require widespread attention and effective response.

Therefore, the Report suggests promoting the inclusiveness of AI empowering sustainable development. This recommendation focuses on the sharing of benefits and achievements, advocates extensive cross-border and cross-field cooperation, encourages Open Resource, reduces technical barriers, and promotes interconnection. Ecological communities should build a decentralized interconnection network, strengthen exchanges and collaboration, and realize collaborative innovation and efficient resource integration among all participants.

Fourth, international cooperation in AI capacity building provides a historic opportunity for all countries in the world, especially developing countries, to accelerate the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals. The significance of AI capacity building lies in fundamentally changing the way developing countries use AI technology by "teaching them to fish" (empowering them with skills rather than just providing assistance). With the adoption of UN General Assembly resolutions and the inclusive capacity-building initiative proposed by China, promoting AI capacity building has become a key issue in international cooperation, which provides a favorable opportunity period for developing countries. At the same time, in carrying out international cooperation in capacity building, it is necessary to prevent cooperation mechanisms from being transformed into a new burden for development. To this end, cooperation should be carried out in accordance with a series of principles including respect for national sovereignty, local adaptation, gradual progress, balanced advancement and innovation cultivation.

For this reason, the Report suggests jointly exploring affordable and sustainable capacity-building models with low- and middle-income countries. In the process of AI empowering the Sustainable Development Goals, efforts should be made to actively explore localized and low-threshold international cooperation models for capacity building, so as to help developing countries achieve digital and intelligent transformation.

Fifth, deepening AI governance and accelerating the global process of AI empowering sustainable development require broader and deeper international dialogue and cooperation. Currently, developed countries (the "North") have the ability to assume more international responsibilities by virtue of their technological and resource advantages; while developing countries (the "South") are faced with challenges such as resource scarcity and weak technology, and are in urgent need of targeted support.

The two sides need to jointly address the common challenges between AI and the Sustainable Development Goals through complementary cooperation, so as to jointly build an inclusive and shared global governance system and ensure that technological dividends benefit all mankind.

Therefore, the Report suggests further improving the multilateral cooperation mechanism for international governance to provide guarantees for AI empowering sustainable development. Under the framework of international organizations such as the United Nations, all countries should jointly build an inclusive and beneficial international governance framework, focusing on key areas such as capacity building, risk monitoring and assessment, safety management and control, consensus on ethical norms, and interoperability of technical standards. Developed countries should help developing countries enhance their AI R&D and application capabilities through technology transfer, financial assistance, talent training and other means, so that they can better integrate into the global AI ecosystem and share development achievements.