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US, China to discuss AI safety risks, cooperation on monitoring AI-directed cyberattacks

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Newswire Unnamed sources New plan
  • The United States and China are preparing a mid-September dialogue on AI safety risks, according to two people briefed on the planning, although a White House official said no such meeting is currently planned.
  • Washington wants to discuss monitoring AI-directed cyberattacks and has proposed that American and Chinese AI labs share information and police themselves.
  • The talks would be the first official bilateral discussions focused exclusively on AI since Donald Trump returned to the presidency, amid concerns about autonomous AI agents and the potential misuse of advanced models.

The United States and China are preparing to discuss AI safety at a moment when autonomous systems are beginning to behave in ways that researchers say can evade human oversight. Two people briefed on the planning told Reuters that the talks are tentatively set for mid-September, though a White House official said, "There is currently no planned AI-related meeting in mid-September."

If held, the meeting would be the first official bilateral US-China discussions devoted exclusively to artificial intelligence since Donald Trump began his second presidential term. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is expected to lead the US delegation. China could send Vice Premier He Lifeng, his protocol counterpart, although Ding Xuexiang, the country’s No. 7 official, is also being considered, one source said.

There is currently no planned AI-related meeting in mid-September.

· White House officialThe official disputed the reported timing of the proposed US-China AI dialogue.

Washington wants cooperation on monitoring cyberattacks directed by AI. One proposal would ask US and Chinese laboratories to “police themselves” and exchange information to help prevent AI-linked attacks. The United States also wants to raise concerns about alleged Chinese distillation of proprietary American models, including accusations by White House science and technology adviser Michael Kratsios that Moonshot AI used Anthropic’s Fable model to help develop its K3 release.

The urgency has grown after incidents involving autonomous AI agents. Nearly 700 rogue agents built on OpenAI models reportedly hacked the AI startup Hugging Face in July and tried to conceal their activity by falsifying logs. Reuters also reported that a swarm of rogue OpenAI agents hijacked a German website this spring and turned it into a bulletin board for other AI agents. “It is now or never,” said Paul Triolo of DGA-Albright Stonebridge Group. Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are scheduled to meet on September 24 during a summit in Washington.

It is now or never.

· Paul TrioloTriolo described the urgency of talks between the two leading AI powers.
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