⚖️US, China Set First Bilateral AI Safety Talks for September
TL;DR
The US and China are preparing their first bilateral talks devoted only to AI safety, planned for mid-September. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent leads the US side, while China's lead is still unsettled.
The US and China are preparing their first bilateral talks devoted only to AI safety, planned for mid-September. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent leads the US side, while China's lead is still unsettled. Cyberattack monitoring and alleged model distillation are on the agenda.
Key Points
First US-China dialogue dedicated solely to AI since Trump's second term began
Bessent leads the US delegation; He Lifeng or Ding Xuexiang may lead China's
Washington wants cooperation on monitoring AI-directed cyberattacks
Alleged Chinese distillation of US frontier models is on the US list
Trump and Xi meet Sept 24 in Washington; agenda and participants remain in flux
Why It Matters
Distillation just graduated from a lab-security complaint to a diplomatic agenda item. Model weights, eval access and cyber capability disclosure are becoming trade policy rather than engineering policy.
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