US, China to hold more AI safety meetings in two months in Shenzhen, Bessent says

Senior US ​and Chinese ​officials will meet ‌again to ​discuss artificial intelligence dangers and communications protocols ‌in about two months in Shenzhen, China, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said ‌on Monday. Bessent told CNBC the ‌details after wrapping talks on Sunday night in New York with Chinese Vice ⁠Premier ​He ⁠Lifeng.

He said the two sides had agreed ⁠to open a communications or "incident line" ​in the event of AI safety ⁠incidents. "And then we want to start ⁠discussing ​protocols ... so both sides can agree on what the leading ⁠AI dangers are, whether it's uncontrollable agents, whether ⁠it's ⁠non-state actors, and cyber non-state actors," Bessent said.