Chinese and US officials will on Tuesday hold the first meeting in a dialogue on artificial intelligence that leaders Joe Biden and Xi Jinping agreed at a summit in San Francisco last year, reports the Financial Times. US officials said the two sides would meet in Geneva following earlier discussions on the issue, including between US national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi.
“Our approach on China remains focused on ‘invest, align and compete’ but we also believe intense competition requires intense diplomacy to reduce the risk of miscalculation and unintended conflict. This is particularly true in the case of AI,” said one US official.
A second US official said the Biden administration recognised the “transformative potential” of AI but was cognisant of the “necessity of striking a balance between risk management and seizing the opportunities provided by advanced AI.”