Yao Qizhi: The AGI era is coming faster than we imagine, and security governance is a long-term project.

At the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and Global Governance High-Level Meeting held on July 26, Turing Award winner and Chinese Academy of Sciences academician Yao Qizhi said that everyone feels that the era of AGI is coming faster than imagined, and as a result, there will be many commercial applications. Against this background, the security of AI is even more important, because unlike traditional algorithm design, the security of AI has no theoretical guarantee. Another point is that in recent years, AI experts believe that after the arrival of AGI, it may be smarter than humans, making it difficult for humans to control it. "AI security governance is a long-term, systematic and theoretical work, and in recent years China has been closely following the international community, as evidenced by the conference we are holding today," Yao Qizhi said.