Artificial intelligence (AI) technology has penetrated education, multimedia, business consulting, biomedicine and other fields. However, critics argue that the rush to AI has been too fast, and have discussed how to prevent the technology from being used in crimes. Criminals have used AI technology to create and distribute deepfake pornographic videos that harm children and women, The Associated Press reported. Others use misinformation, hate and biased speech to program AI to produce content that is misleading to the public.

The World Internet Conference (WIC) was established as an international organization on July 12, 2022, headquartered in Beijing, China. It was jointly initiated by Global System for Mobile Communication Association (GSMA), National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team/Coordination Center of China (CNCERT), China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), Alibaba Group, Tencent, and Zhijiang Lab.