Artificial intelligence researcher Chen Xiaoping is leading a new AI ethics committee established in China to develop guidelines which address the potential risks associated with large-scale applications of the technology, the South China Morning Post reports. Chen is a professor and the director of the University of Science and Technology of China's Robotics Laboratory, and the inventor of AI robot Jia Jia. He led the new group, which is scheduled to meet in May, through its first conference last year. China has moved aggressively to take a global leadership position in AI technology, with investments and an open source platform in development, but the SCMP reports it is playing catch-up in the development of ethical guidelines for the field. With deployments increasing for both state and business applications, Chen says the technology has reached the point where dialogue about risks is necessary.