The benefits associated with AI applications are huge, but so are the challenges with regard to ethical, societal, legal/regulatory, and technical issues. Analyzing the AI policies of China, India, Japan, and South Korea, the author aims, first, to understand how these countries perceive the opportunities that lie in applying this technology and how they support its development. Second, AI is also considered as a potentially disruptive technology that could trigger numerous cross-border social, technical and security problems. Against this background, the author looks at the degree to which these four countries are striving for crossborder dialogue and cooperation on AI issues.