Perdue says US and China set up AI crisis mechanism
The announcement comes as Washington and Beijing finalise terms of a narrower trade deal due Monday
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Perdue says the United States and China have established a crisis mechanism for artificial intelligence.
The move comes as the two countries work through a broader trade negotiation. US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer has said the US and China are in what he calls a managed trade situation, with terms to follow next week. Greer has also said a deal has been reached on a subset of goods, with details due Monday, and that export controls and security matters are being kept out of the trade talks altogether.
Trump has called his meeting with Xi very productive, saying Xi appeared to like the term "super intelligence" for artificial intelligence and that tremendous things were set to happen between the two countries.
A dedicated channel for handling AI-related flashpoints adds a structural safeguard to the US-China relationship at a time when both sides are negotiating trade, technology access and wider geopolitical tension. Set against the recent softening in tone and the extension of trade talks, it points to an effort to manage risk rather than let it escalate in an area both countries treat as strategically critical. It does not change the underlying competitive footing between the two countries, and it leaves the core disputes over chip exports and Taiwan unresolved.