American and Chinese officials will meet in Geneva on Tuesday to discuss the risks associated with advanced artificial intelligence (AI), according to senior administration officials.
The bilateral talks will be “an exchange of views on the technical risks of AI” and will offer “an opportunity to directly communicate respective areas of concern,” an official told journalists in a conference call on Friday.
The Biden administration plans to raise concerns about Beijing’s use of AI in the military and national security sectors “in ways that we believe harm the national security of the US and allies,” they said.
“To be very clear, our talks with Beijing do not focus on promoting any form of technical collaboration or border investigation cooperation on any issue,” the official said. “And our technology protection policies are not subject to negotiation.”
The Biden administration has restricted the export of AI chips to China and is considering restricting China and other foreign adversaries’ access to the software behind advanced AI models, according to Reuters.
However, the official added: “We think it is worth opening a communication channel on these issues.”
The upcoming talks are the product of a November meeting between President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping, in which they agreed to bring together experts to discuss the risks and safety of AI.
The meeting between the leaders outside San Francisco last fall followed a period of frosty relations between the two superpowers. In addition to beginning AI talks, Biden and Xi also agreed to restore military-to-military communications at that time, a significant step forward for their adversaries.
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