Human primacy must be upheld in military applications of artificial intelligence (AI), and all relevant weapon systems must be put under human control to avoid technological runaway, a Chinese defense spokesperson said on Mar. 11.

Jiang Bin, spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, made the remarks in response to a media question regarding reports that the U.S. Department of War demanded that American technology companies allow unrestricted use of AI technologies by the military, and the U.S. military employed AI tools extensively in military operations against Venezuela and Iran.