China and the United States will hold a formal dialogue on improving governance of artificial intelligence, as the two countries seek to manage the risks posed by the rapidly evolving technology.
During US President Donald Trump’s state visit to China last week, he and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping had “constructive exchanges” on AI, said Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun on Tuesday.
He added that the pair had agreed that their governments should hold further dialogues on the issue.
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“As two leading AI powers, China and the United States need to work together to promote the development of AI and improve its governance to make sure it will better contribute to the progress of human civilisation and common welfare of the international community,” Guo said.
Speaking to reporters on Air Force One during his return flight last week, Trump said the two sides “talked about possibly working together for guard rails” on AI, characterising them as “standard guard rails that we talk about all the time”.
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