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Scott Nover
Contributing Writer
Scott Nover is the lead writer for GZERO AI. He's a contributing writer for Slate and was previously a staff writer at Quartz and Adweek. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Fast Company, Vox.com, and The Washington Post, among other outlets. He currently lives near Washington, DC, with his wife and pup.
Mar 04, 2025
Beijing is warning top artificial intelligence leaders – including researchers and corporate leaders – to avoid traveling to the United States owing to security concerns, according to a report published Saturday by the Wall Street Journal. Chinese officials reportedly fear that their AI experts could divulge important information about the country’s technological progress or even be detained and used as leverage in US-China negotiations.
There’s no official travel ban, but rather warnings from officials in the technology hubs of Beijing, Shanghai, and Zhejiang province. The travel advisory comes weeks after Chinese President Xi Jinping met with top AI leaders in February and urged them to maintain a “sense of national duty” in developing technology.
There’s no official travel ban, but rather warnings from officials in the technology hubs of Beijing, Shanghai, and Zhejiang province. The travel advisory comes weeks after Chinese President Xi Jinping met with top AI leaders in February and urged them to maintain a “sense of national duty” in developing technology.
