{
  "id": 5668024,
  "title": "Sources: the US and China will discuss AI safety risks during talks planned for mid-September, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent leading the US side (Laurie Chen/Reuters)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/sources-the-us-and-china-will-discuss-ai-safety-risks-during-talks",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-04T23:20:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-china-gear-up-mid-september-ai-safety-dialogue-2026-09-04/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The US and China are planning to discuss AI safety risks in mid-September. According to Reuters, two sources briefed on the discussions said that US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will lead the US side in the talks.\n\nThe US wants to discuss cooperation on monitoring AI-directed cyberattacks and has proposed that US and Chinese AI labs police themselves and share information to prevent AI-linked cyberattacks.\n\nA US Treasury spokesperson said no meeting is planned, however, US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are due to meet on September 24 during a summit in Washington.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "US, China to discuss AI safety risks, cooperation on monitoring AI-directed cyberattacks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/us-china-to-discuss-ai-safety-risks-cooperation-on-monitoring-ai",
        "published": "2026-09-05T00:14:29.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}