Authors: Angeline Tan|Kei Koga

Published: 14 Apr 2026

Amid growing Sino-US rivalry and technological bifurcation, Japan and ASEAN should work together on “co-creating” AI models which are more inclusive.

Strategic competition over Artificial Intelligence (AI) has intensified among the technologically advanced major powers, particularly between the US and China. While major power rivalry is not new, what sets the AI race apart is its novelty — its transformative potential in reshaping modern lives and the unprecedented pace of its development. Hence, the stakes of AI development are too high for it to be shaped primarily by the dynamics of major power rivalry. Relevant AI models should incorporate cultural diversity and the aspirations of developing nations.

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