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China deepens footprint at AI conference despite NeurIPS dispute, US tensions

South China Morning Post · · 178 words · By Minxiao Chang
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“Papers with contributors from mainland China and Hong Kong accounted for over 51 per cent of accepted submissions, compared with just under 32 per cent from the United States, according to statistics compiled from the listed affiliations for 5,355 accepted papers at this year’s International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR).”
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The specific statistics (51% China/HK, 32% US, 5,355 papers) are mentioned in one web search result. Other search results for ICLR 2025/2026 do not provide these specific percentage breakdowns, making it a single-source claim in the provided evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP) is a leading conference in the area of natural language processing and artificial intelligence. Along with the Association for Computational Li…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Michael R. Lyu is the Choh-Ming Li Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in Shatin, Hong Kong. Lyu is the editor of two book volumes in software reliabil…
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“This year’s event, held in Rio de Janeiro from April 23 to 27, received about 19,000 submissions with an acceptance rate of 28 per cent.”
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Multiple web search results confirm the 14th ICLR took place in Rio de Janeiro starting April 23, 2026, with the main conference running April 23-25 and workshops April 26-27. While the specific submission count (19,000) and acceptance rate (28%) are not explicitly repeated across all sources, the location and dates are corroborated by multiple search results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) is a machine learning conference typically held in late April or early May each year. Along with NeurIPS and ICML, it is one of the thre…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — These datasets are used in machine learning (ML) research and have been cited in peer-reviewed academic journals. Datasets are an integral part of the field of machine learning. Major advances in this…
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web search NEUTRAL — The International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR[1]) is a machine learning conference typically held in late April or early May each year. Along with NeurIPS and ICML, it is one of the t…
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“The strong Chinese presence at ICLR comes after several major professional bodies in China urged domestic researchers to boycott NeurIPS.”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that major Chinese professional bodies urged researchers to boycott NeurIPS due to sanctions concerns, which contributed to a stronger presence at ICLR.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A large language model (LLM) is a neural network trained on a vast amount of text for natural language processing tasks, especially language generation. LLMs can generate, summarize, translate and par…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rosalind Wright Picard (born 1962) is an American electrical engineer and computer scientist who is the Grover M. Hermann Professor of Health Sciences and Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Aleph Alpha GmbH is a German artificial intelligence (AI) startup company which develops large language models (LLM) which provide transparency of its sources used for the results generated. The compa…
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“The call came after NeurIPS organisers published a new policy that appeared to bar US-sanctioned entities from taking part.”
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Multiple sources confirm that NeurIPS organizers published a policy that appeared to restrict or bar entities under US sanctions, sparking the boycott.
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web search NEUTRAL — But first: NeurIPS and Chinese researchers resolve standoff. NeurIPS, a leading artificial intelligence conference, reversed a policy restricting paper submissions from researchers at any entity under…
https://www.deeplearning.ai/the-batch/chinas-showdown-with-n…
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web search NEUTRAL — The call came after NeurIPS organisers published a new policy that appeared to bar US-sanctioned entities from taking part. The ByteDance logo is displayed on a smartphone screen.
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web search NEUTRAL — China has moved to boycott NeurIPS, one of the world’s most influential artificial intelligence conferences, after organisers briefly imposed restrictions on research submissions linked to US-sanction…
https://themainstream.co.in/china-boycotts-top-ai-conference…
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“the NeurIPS Foundation later clarified that its policy did not include major Chinese AI companies such as Huawei Technologies”
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Multiple sources confirm that the NeurIPS Foundation clarified or reversed its policy, specifically noting that it did not intend to exclude major Chinese AI companies like Huawei.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — AI content watermarking is the process of embedding imperceptible yet detectable signals into content generated by artificial intelligence systems, such as text, images, audio, or video. The technique…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — AI safety is an interdisciplinary field focused on preventing accidents, misuse, or other harmful consequences arising from artificial intelligence systems. It encompasses AI alignment (which aims to …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A large language model (LLM) is a neural network trained on a vast amount of text for natural language processing tasks, especially language generation. LLMs can generate, summarize, translate and par…
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