Bessent: US ready to discuss AI risks with China

The United States is ready to discuss with China the common risks associated with artificial intelligence in the upcoming negotiations. About this the head of the US Treasury Scott Bessent said Axios. Mr. Bessent’s meeting with Vice Premier of the State Council of China He Lifeng will be held this weekend in New York.

“The United States remains the leader in AI. We are open to discussing the prevention of common risks and the prevention of fragmentation of our systems. We expect that the discussions will affect both open and closed weight models, Bessent said.

An unnamed U.S. official told Axios that Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamison Greer are "key figures in charge of the Chinese direction." In addition, according to Axios, the head of the Treasury plays a major role in determining the policy of the White House regarding AI.

On September 9, Jacob Coxon, a leading specialist in training AI models, resigned from Anthropic (Claude developer). He stated that due to competition, AI companies are “flying straight to self-improving superintelligence and playing with our lives.” Later, the call to slow down the development of AI was joined by the heads of Anthropic Dario Amodei, SpaceX Elon Musk and OpenAI Sam Altman. US President Donald Trump, however, has rejected the idea for fear of ceding supremacy to China.

Negotiations between Mr. Bessent and He will be held on the eve of the summit in Washington of US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, scheduled for September 24. In addition to AI, the parties will discuss trade, rare earth metals and other economic issues.