FOCUS – US and China create communication channel for AI-related incidents

WASHINGTON, 26 September /ATSH–ANSA/ – The United States and China have agreed to create a dedicated bilateral “communication channel” for incidents related to artificial intelligence (AI), the White House announced.

According to the announcement, the two countries have also launched a dialogue on superintelligence, with the aim of exchanging views on the risks and benefits associated with the development of advanced artificial intelligence technologies.

The White House announced that the new communication mechanism will focus on AI-related incidents, as part of efforts to keep communication channels open between Washington and Beijing for a technology that is developing at a rapid pace.

The dialogue between the two powers aims to address both the opportunities and the risks that further development of artificial intelligence may bring.