U.S. proposes exchanging AI safety alerts with China, Bessent says
- On Saturday, President Donald Trump dismissed AI safety concerns as a "HOAX" and announced creation of a new government "AI Force" to target "BAD" actors while vowing to protect the industry from "destruction."
- Trump's push for "Operation Warp Speed"-style data center construction faces mounting internal pressure from executives like Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who warns rapid development risks catastrophic infrastructure hacks and biological threats.
- A University of Massachusetts Amherst poll shows 65% of Americans oppose local data center construction; Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro have implemented stricter oversight citing environmental concerns.
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent meets Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in New York this weekend to set the agenda for Trump's Washington visit with President Xi Jinping of China starting Wednesday.
- Beijing frames AI as a vital pillar of "comprehensive national power" required to surpass the United States in the global race, while Trump argues that slowing American innovation would cede strategic advantage to China.
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While the development of AI is a cause for concern, the United States is considering a "mechanism" of dialogue with China.
While the UN Secretary-General calls on them to collaborate in the field of artificial intelligence, the United States envisages a "mechanism" of dialogue with China in the interests of "transparency", but their interests do not necessarily converge.
"We see an awareness on both sides," one expert notes, even if their priorities do not always align.
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