Alex He

#ICYMI Will China continue embracing open-source #AI? The releases of #WAICO and Kimi K3 offer fresh clues about Beijing’s AI strategy, competition with the U.S., and what it means for the global AI ecosystem. Read @AlexHe9527's latest analysis: cigionline.org/articles/will…

Will China continue embracing open-source #AI? The releases of #WAICO and Kimi K3 offer fresh clues about Beijing’s AI strategy, competition with the U.S., and what it means for the global AI ecosystem. Read @AlexHe9527's latest analysis: cigionline.org/articles/will…

#ICYMI China redesigned its digital currency, shifting liabilities to commercial banks and reinforcing a two-tier system, showing CBDCs can strengthen financial institutions. Read cigionline.org/publications/… by @AlexHe9527.

China redesigned its digital currency, and the world is watching. By reallocating liabilities from the central bank to commercial banks and reinforcing a two-tier architecture, the e-CNY 2.0 model demonstrates that central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) can be designed to strengthen rather than displace existing financial institutions. CIGI Senior Fellow @AlexHe9527 provides insights; how will this change the global conversation on CBDCs? cigionline.org/publications/…

China's dominance in international digital standard setting is overstated. Three factors, including an overemphasis on China’s real advances in global standard setting due to high-profile and sometimes controversial proposals, have contributed to this skewed view of China’s real influence. CIGI senior fellow @AlexHe9527 lays out the reasons why. cigionline.org/publications/…

📚CIGI Sunday Readings: Review of this week at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, in articles, publications, and events. Paper: China’s Influence on Standards Development Organizations in the Digital Age by Alex He (@AlexHe9527) cigionline.org/publications/… Opinion: Canada’s Space Posture Has a Gap. Sovereign Launch Can Close It by S. Mike Pavelec cigionline.org/articles/cana… Opinion: The Prosocial AI Index: What Governments Need to Know Before Deploying AI by Cornelia C. Walther cigionline.org/articles/the-… Digital Policy Hub: Autonomous Weapons and Border Security in the Era of Climate Breakdown by Kyle Volpi Hiebert (@hiebertkj) cigionline.org/publications/… Digital Policy Hub: Embedding Critical Media Literacy in Ontario Schools’ AI Policies by Julianna L. Kowlessar cigionline.org/publications/…

From AI data centres to your next smartphone, memory chips have become everyone's problem. In an article first published by @firstpost, CIGI senior fellow @AlexHe9527 argues the current AI-driven surge in demand is reshaping the structure of the global memory supply chain. The durability of the current memory supercycle depends on the sustainability of AI investment itself; without a clear and profitable AI business model, demand growth could slow. Although memory chips have historically been known as the “quiet labourers” of the digital revolution, they’ve quickly become the bottleneck the world wasn’t prepared for. cigionline.org/articles/opin…

China’s AI path is a balancing act of rapid commercialization under state control vs. true foundational innovation. CIGI senior fellow @AlexHe9527 shows that while DeepSeek lowered AI costs, it may be the exception, not the rule. Security drives China’s AI governance, but safety enforcement still lags. Will China stay a close follower in the global AI race? cigionline.org/publications/…

“Unlocking the value of…data is a major theme in the Chinese government’s digital strategy — one linked to important security, public policy and economic objectives. China’s government considers data not only as a tool to cement its authoritarian rule…but also as an economic ‘factor of production,’” say @AlexHe9527 and @RebeccaArcesati. Read the full essay: cigionline.org/articles/data…

Wide-ranging US sanctions have severely restricted China’s efforts to gain ground in almost every subsector of the chip industry. "Because of continuing Chinese shortages of key equipment and components, the technological gap has further widened," writes Alex He. Details: cigionline.org/articles/in-t…

"Without its own version of OpenAI... China has turned its attention to the vertical model — that is, to applying AI in specific industries such as finance, health care, electric vehicles and driverless cars," writes Alex He. Details: cigionline.org/articles/in-d…