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U.S. and China agreed to set up an AI dialogue and discussed a “notification system” that could be used to raise alerts about AI safety incidents related to national security issues, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday after a meeting with Chinese authorities ahead of President Xi Jinping’s visit later this week.
US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent speaks next to US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer (R) during a media briefing after a meeting with China’s Vice Premier He Lifeng in New York.
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Key Facts
Bessent met with Chinese Vice Premier and top trade negotiator He Lifeng at the JPMorgan Chase headquarters in New York on Sunday, where the two sides discussed both artificial intelligence and trade.
The Treasury secretary told reporters the talks were “very successful“ and said both sides discussed setting up the “U.S.-China AI dialogue” that includes a “notification mechanism.”
Bessent said the proposed notification mechanism will deal with “incidents” and when something rises up at a “national security level from AI.”
Bessent added that the U.S. believes just like any cross-border activity “moving from opaque to more transparency” between the world’s top two AI powers is “very important.”
The Treasury Secretary didn’t specify a timeline but later told the Financial Times that it was important to set up the AI Dialogue and that both sides will “likely meet again in two months.”
The discussions about an AI dialogue and a notification mechanism come amid a growing push by tech leaders and researchers for both countries to coordinate on addressing AI safety risks and a potential slowdown in frontier development.
What Did China Say?
The Chinese state-run Xinhua news agency reported that both sides held “candid, in-depth and constructive exchanges during consultations on economic and trade issues.” The report added that the discussion covered “important economic and trade issues of common concern, as well as the implementation of consensus reached in previous talks.” Xinhua’s report featured a passing mention about artificial intelligence, noting that both sides “held dialogues on AI-related issues.”
What Had China Previously Said About AI Slowdown Push?
Last week, after several AI researchers and top executives, including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, issued dire warnings about AI safety, China pushed back against what it called “fearmongering.” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said Beijing wants all parties to “promote an open, inclusive and benevolent approach to AI.” He then warned that “fearmongering, confrontation and vicious competition” will disrupt the process of “global governance of artificial intelligence” and will not be in anyone’s interest.
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