China says it 'respects' Trump's 'super intelligence' switch from AI

The US and China have agreed to establish a dialogue on artificial intelligence, which they are referring to as "super intelligence" or "SI". According to the White House, this dialogue will focus on the risks and benefits related to SI, with the next meeting scheduled for November.

A bilateral communication channel will also be created for SI incidents, which has been likened to a "red telephone" between the two nations. The details of what kind of incidents would warrant the use of this channel, and what kinds of notifications each side would give the other, are not specified.

China's foreign ministry has stated that it "attaches importance" to US President Donald Trump's adoption of the term "super intelligence". The US-China Super Intelligence (SI) Dialogue was agreed upon during Trump's summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent played a role in creating the communication channel during pre-summit meetings.

Brief written by urgent.news from Channel News Asia, Axios, Reuters Business via SCMP, South China Morning Post — 4 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.