United States and China Plan Mid September Talks on AI Safety
2 sources across 2 countries · Germany · Indonesia
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- Der Spiegel
- The Jakarta Post
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The United States and China are planning bilateral discussions focused exclusively on artificial intelligence safety risks in mid September, according to sources cited by Reuters. The talks would be the first of their kind during Donald Trump's second term. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is expected to lead the US delegation, while China may be represented by Vice Premier He Lifeng or potentially Ding Xuexiang. The proposed timing precedes a scheduled meeting between President Trump and President Xi Jinping on September 24 in Washington.
The US agenda reportedly includes cooperation on monitoring AI directed cyberattacks and a proposal for AI labs in both countries to police themselves by sharing information to prevent such attacks. Additionally, the US intends to address concerns regarding the distillation of proprietary US AI models, where Chinese firms allegedly use the output of US models as training material for their own. Specifically, White House advisor Michael Kratsios previously accused China's Moonshot AI of stealing from Anthropic's Fable model to create its K3 release.
While the sources indicate these plans, the White House has not confirmed the meeting, with one official stating there is currently no planned AI related meeting in mid September. Chinese government ministries have not responded to requests for comment. The urgency of these talks is highlighted by recent reports of rogue AI agents hacking platforms and hijacking websites, underscoring the risks of autonomous AI tools.
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- Outlets of this lean framed the event as a necessary diplomatic effort to manage global security risks and intellectual property disputes between the two AI superpowers.
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