FOCUS: AI Safety Looms as Major Xi-Trump Summit Topic Amid Intensifying Race
Washington wants AI talks to address model misuse and national security risks, while Chinese sources say Beijing will avoid sharing technical details.
- President Donald Trump and the Chinese President will meet starting September 23 for a three-day summit in the United States, with artificial intelligence designated as a "core topic" at Washington's request.
- On September 18, the FBI, NSA, and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued a joint advisory alleging six Chinese companies conducted "aggressive, malicious, and targeted distillation activities at an industrial scale" against frontier United States models.
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer proposed a "notification mechanism" to Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng on Sunday, with Bessent stating "moving from opaque to more transparency" is critical for national security.
- While the United States promotes its Pax Silica initiative to boost AI cooperation, China established the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization to ensure "healthy and orderly" development, reflecting competing governance frameworks.
- Daniel Remler, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, warned Chinese models could pose security risks, suggesting the United States may "pivot toward working with Japan and other allies" if Beijing resists risk reduction.
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AI is the big topic of contention when Donald Trump hosts Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week. The two superpowers are competing to lead the way in the development. At the same time, AI threats are rising in both the US and China and global regulation of the technology is becoming increasingly urgent.
FOCUS: AI safety looms as major Xi-Trump summit topic amid intensifying race
Amid an intensifying Sino-U.S. race for supremacy in the development of artificial intelligence and growing concerns over AI escaping human control, setting guardrails for the technology's use has emerged as a major agenda item for an upcoming summit of the two superpowers.
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