The United States and China have sent delegates to a high-level meeting in Switzerland to discuss artificial intelligence (AI) and reducing the potential for “unintended conflict.”
Last month, Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing with AI on the agenda, and President Joe Biden’s The administration is said to be eager to pursue preliminary preliminary talks following exchanges with President Xi’s team at a gathering of 30 APEC economic leaders in San Francisco last November.
The meeting in Geneva tomorrow (May 14) will cover a range of issues to establish clear lines of communication. financial Times Cited a US official on the importance of setting parameters on rapidly evolving technology.
“Our perspective on China focuses on ‘invest, align and compete’, but we also recognize that intense competition requires intensive diplomacy to minimize the risk of miscalculation and unintended conflict. This is especially true in the case of AI.
Another report indicates that Biden’s staff is mindful of the “transformative potential” of AI, but also of “the need to strike a balance between managing risk and seizing the opportunities provided by advanced AI.”
US action to protect proprietary AI assets
China is believed to have prioritized AI development as a “major” focus and has already dedicated critical resources For civilian and military purposes, which “we believe undermines both US and allied national security”.
The Biden administration plans to implement handrails On US-developed proprietary AI models that power chatbots like ChatGPT to ringfence the technology of countries like China and Russia.
According to the White House National Security Council (NSC), the official US delegation will be composed of officials from the White House and the State and Commerce departments.
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