<p>Plus, what we can learn from its 2025 assessments.</p><p><strong>Featured links</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z0S9FrhteUOrwmT2IO7CpMDGPHTXy7mNYWM9EA21Q5U/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">AI Safety/Security Research Report (CAICT, Nov 2025)</a></li><li><a href="https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/sysShusPIw8O8j3wWvX8CQ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">CAICT launches its first batch of AI Safety/Security Assessments of 2026</a></li><li><a href="https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-261-first-results-from-caicts" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ChinAI #261</a></li><li><a href="https://hackernoon.com/the-long-now-of-the-web-inside-the-internet-archives-fight-against-forgetting" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">The Long Now of the Web - Inside the Internet Archive’s Fight Against Forgetting</a></li><li><a href="https://simoninstitute.ch/blog/post/chinas-ai-governance-professor-zhang-linghan" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">China’s AI Governance -A Conversation with Professor Zhang Linghan</a></li><li><a href="https://www.prcleader.org/post/china-s-economic-involution-state-and-business-strategies" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">China’s Economic Involution - State and Business Strategies</a></li><li><a href="https://thebulletin.org/2025/12/a-house-of-mistakes-what-kathryn-bigelows-a-house-of-dynamite-gets-radically-right-and-dangerously-wrong-about-nuclear-war/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">A house of mistakes</a></li></ul> <p><strong>Thank you for reading and engaging</strong></p> <p>These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University.</p> <p><span>Check out the archive of all past issues&nbsp;</span><a href="https://chinai.substack.com/archive" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">here</a><span>&nbsp;&amp; please&nbsp;</span><a href="https://chinai.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">subscribe here</a><span>&nbsp;to support ChinAI under a&nbsp;</span><em>Guardian</em><span>/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay for a subscription will support access for all).</span></p> <p><span>Any suggestions or feedback? Let me know at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> or on Twitter at&nbsp;</span><a href="https://twitter.com/jjding99" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">@jjding99</a></p> <p>---</p> <p><b>First published:</b><br/> March 16th, 2026 </p> <p><b>Source:</b><br/> <a href="https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-351-caict-launches-2026-ai?utm_source=TYPE_III_AUDIO&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_content=Source+URL+in+episode+description&utm_campaign=ai_narration" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-351-caict-launches-2026-ai</a> </p> <p>---</p> <p>Narrated by <a href="https://type3.audio/?utm_source=TYPE_III_AUDIO&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_content=Narrated+by+TYPE+III+AUDIO&utm_term=jeffrey_ding&utm_campaign=ai_narration" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TYPE III AUDIO</a>.</p> <p>---</p><div style="max-width: 100%";><p><strong>Images from the article:</strong></p><a href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cuWn!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fab412264-8606-41cf-992c-39d0d8d81426_1280x526.png" target="_blank"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cuWn!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fab412264-8606-41cf-992c-39d0d8d81426_1280x526.png" alt="Table showing safety and security indicators of high-risk models under different test scenarios." style="max-width: 100%;" /></a><hr style="margin-top: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;" /><a href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!D73V!,w_140,h_140,c_fill,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F806c4553-c6b2-4604-9b5a-63fc0601579c_1536x1024.png" target="_blank"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!D73V!,w_140,h_140,c_fill,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F806c4553-c6b2-4604-9b5a-63fc0601579c_1536x1024.png" alt="Cartoon wooden bench character lifting heavy barbell with weights." style="max-width: 100%;" /></a><p><em>Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try <a href="https://pocketcasts.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Pocket Casts</a>, or another podcast app.</em></p></div>