US, China to Cooperate on Managing AI Risks: Bessent
Bessent said the talks will focus on AI risk management and incident alerts as the two countries compete for leadership in advanced models.
- On Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the United States and China should harbor no illusions about their differences while navigating cooperation to mitigate Artificial Intelligence risks and compete for AI supremacy.
- Bessent will travel to China next week for President Donald Trump's third meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, scheduled on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Shenzhen.
- The summit will advance a bilateral dialogue on "superintelligence" to "prevent a misunderstanding between our two systems," Bessent said, with both sides agreeing to establish a direct alert channel for serious incidents.
- $30 billion in mutual tariff cuts on non-sensitive goods forms part of a proposed Board of Trade, alongside a separate Board of Investment to provide increased predictability for companies operating in both nations.
- Separately, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang faces an internal board investigation regarding an alleged relationship with a woman suspected of being a Chinese intelligence asset, though Nvidia stated no national security secrets were compromised.
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