US and China plan bilateral talks on AI safety
The United States and China are preparing a bilateral dialogue focused solely on AI safety for mid-September, led on the US side by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and possibly by Vice Premier He Lifeng or Ding Xuexiang for China, according to sources. The proposed agenda includes cooperation on monitoring AI-directed cyberattacks, proposals for AI labs to police themselves, and concerns about alleged distillation of US models by Chinese firms. The move follows high-profile incidents involving rogue autonomous agents that hacked Hugging Face and a German website, and it aims to create a starting channel for shared observations and incident monitoring.
The US and China are preparing a focused AI safety dialogue.
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Frontier AI capabilities are advancing quickly and recent agent hacks exposed new risks. The US and China are moving to hold talks before their leaders meet. They could set up channels to share observations or monitor incidents next.
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