China, Russia and US try to nail down AI nuclear agenda in time for Apec talks
With Ukraine and North Korea off the table, the search is on for areas of possible consensus between Xi, Putin and Trump
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China, Russia and the US are negotiating an agenda for leader talks at the Apec summit in Shenzhen, focusing on potential consensus around AI in nuclear command and control, while Ukraine and North Korea have largely fallen off the table.
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Talks between China, the US and Russia could yield a commitment to control AI in nuclear arsenals as part of a broader agenda on global governance.
Talks between China, the US and Russia could yield a commitment to control AI in nuclear arsenals as part of a broader agenda on global governance, sources told the South China Morning Post.
The three nations have engaged in weeks of back-and-forth discussion to nail down the agenda and protocol for talks between the countries' leaders on the sidelines of the Apec summit in Shenzhen next week.
The sources said that the war in Ukraine and denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula had largely fallen off the table as possible topics, with the focus shifting to areas of potential consensus, particularly the role of artificial intelligence in nuclear command and control.
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Talks between China, the US and Russia could yield a commitment to control AI in nuclear arsenals.
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Open Questions
- What specific AI nuclear controls are being proposed?
- Which leaders will attend the Apec talks in Shenzhen?
- What is the exact date of the Apec summit?
