AI research is starting to fracture along geopolitical lines: NeurIPS nearly blocked Chinese researchers over sanctions, then backed off after backlash. Turns out “global science” quietly depended on everyone pretending politics didn’t exist. That phase seems… over.
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https://www.wired.com/story/made-in-china-ai-research-is-starting-to-split-along-geopolitical-lines
AI Research Is Getting Harder to Separate From Geopolitics

A policy change announced by NeurIPS, the world’s leading AI research conference, drew widespread backlash from Chinese researchers this week and then was quickly reversed.

WIRED