President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the 2026 World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance in Shanghai on Friday. Xi said humanity must answer the questions of the times. He raised questions about how humans can get along with thinking machines, how security can be ensured when algorithms are involved in decision making, how ethical challenges posed by technologies can be tackled through adaptive governance, and how AI for all can be realized when the divide keeps widening.