US, China gear up for mid-September AI safety talks
The talks, the first official bilateral discussions devoted exclusively to AI between the US and China since US President Donald Trump took office for a second time, will be led by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on the US side, the sources, who were briefed on the planning, said on condition of anonymity.
The United States and China are preparing to hold AI safety discussions in mid-September, according to sources familiar with the planning. This will be the first formal bilateral meeting focused solely on AI between the two nations since President Donald Trump was re-elected for a second term. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will lead the U.S. delegation, while China's Vice Premier He Lifeng is likely to represent China, though other Chinese officials may also participate.
The talks aim to address AI-related cyber threats and potential collaboration between U.S. and Chinese AI laboratories to monitor and prevent such attacks. The discussions come at a critical juncture as rapidly advancing AI technologies reach a global tipping point. U.S. officials are also concerned about the possibility of a Chinese AI model capable of conducting sophisticated cyberattacks, similar to the recently developed "Mythos" model by U.S. firm Anthropic.
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