United States and China create a communication channel on AI

The United States and China will set up a “communication channel” to deal with incidents caused by artificial intelligence, the White House announced Friday September 25. The two countries established a “US-China Superintelligence Dialogue to exchange views on the risks and benefits” of AI and also agreed to create a “bilateral communications channel” dedicated to incidents, the US presidency said in a fact sheet.

Artificial intelligence, which US President Donald Trump has been calling "super-intelligence" for several days, was one of the major themes discussed during Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Washington, which ended on Friday. Rivals in terms of AI, the two countries are increasingly challenged on the question of risks after several episodes raising fears that the technology will escape its creators.

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The two leading countries have the “responsibility to develop and manage AI for the common good, and to ensure that its development always remains under human control,” said Xi Jinping. Donald Trump, on the contrary, affirmed that he wanted to remain “exactly at the current stage” of regulation.