Zhou Hongyi: AI competition enters the stage of competition for implementation and safety.

On July 17th, during the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, 360 founder Zhou Hongyi, as a representative of a security company, attended the conference and stated that artificial intelligence is moving from the stage of large models to the stage of intelligent entities. AI is no longer just a tool for answering questions, but is gradually gaining the ability to autonomously execute tasks. With the accelerated application of intelligent entities, corresponding security risks are also increasing, and artificial intelligence needs to adhere to the direction of safe, trusted, reliable, and controllable development. Zhou Hongyi stated that this WAIC not only provides an important platform for global artificial intelligence development, but also further clarifies the direction and principles of artificial intelligence development.