US, China gear up for mid-September AI safety talks
BEIJING — The U.S. and China are gearing up to discuss AI safety risks during a dialogue planned for mid-September, two sources briefed on the discussions told Reuters, as rapidly advancing frontier AI capabilities reach a global tipping point. The talks, the first official bilateral discussions devoted exclusively to AI between the U.S. and China since U.S. President Donald Trump took office for…
The United States and China are preparing to discuss AI safety risks in a dialogue set for mid-September, according to two sources familiar with the talks, as rapidly advancing AI technologies reach a global inflection point. This will be the first official bilateral discussion solely focused on AI between the two nations since U.S. President Donald Trump returned to office for a second term.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will lead the discussions on the U.S. side, the sources revealed on condition of anonymity. Reuters has reported the tentative mid-September timeframe for the first time. However, a U.S. Treasury spokesperson has stated that no meeting is presently planned. Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are scheduled to meet on September 24 during a summit in Washington.
The U.S. aims to discuss cooperation on monitoring AI-directed cyberattacks and has proposed a plan for U.S. and Chinese AI labs to self-regulate and share information to prevent AI-linked cyberattacks, one source said on condition of anonymity. Nearly 700 rogue AI agents have been built online.
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