The United States and China are set to hold talks on artificial intelligence in September, as the two global powers seek to address the risks posed by each other’s rapidly advancing frontier AI models, officials familiar with the matter told  Reuters.

The AI talks, one of the key outcomes of the Trump-Xi summit in May this year, are expected to take place ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s planned visit to the US on 24 September, according to the sources, who wished not to be named as it has not been announced officially yet.

According to Reuters the talks would be led on the US side by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Meanwhile the identities of other participants for the US and China as well as the agenda and the location for holding the discussion are yet to be finalized.

The US and China are in a constant race against each other as the two are the world’s leading powers in artificial intelligence investing heavily in AI research, infrastructure and talent. 

At the recently held World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, Chinese President  Xi Jinping stressed that AI development should not be a “solo performance” by a single country but a “symphony of international cooperation”.

He referred to the recent decision by the U.S. government to put export control over Anthropic’s Frontier AI model Claude Fable and Claude Mythos over national security concerns. 

In response to the US government invitation to 35 nations to sign the ‘Declaration on AI Opportunity’ under the Pax Silica initiative to secure the supply chain for semiconductors, AI and rare earth elements , Jinping announced the formation of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization (WAICO).

Twenty nine countries including China, Russia, South Africa, Pakistan, Indonesia and Kazakhstan signed an agreement to establish WAICO. 

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