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Global AI safety is hinging on U.S.-China cooperation, but they see each other as the problem

Headline from Fast Company, on the newest of 2 developments

As concern rises over the risks of artificial intelligence , hopes for any kind of global approach depend on cooperation between the U.S. and China — superpowers that seem only to be more skeptical of each other’s AI strategy .

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  1. U.S. and China face grave AI risks but mutual distrust stalls cooperation

    Headline from NBC News ·

  2. Newest

    Global AI safety is hinging on U.S.-China cooperation, but they see each other as the problem

    Headline from Fast Company ·

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  1. Wall Street Journal

    Opinion | Trusting China to Cooperate With Us on AI Is Dangerous (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    Wall Street Journal's feed description

    Working with Beijing would be a mistake. The Chinese government’s true intentions are clear.

  2. Philadelphia Inquirer

    As the world debates the risks of AI, China closes the technology gap with the US (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    The rapid development of artificial intelligence has sparked renewed debate about its risks, with both the United States and China expressing concerns

  3. Fortune

    Harvard Kennedy fellow Shlomit Wagman: The U.S. and China will never trust each other on AI. That may not matter (opens Fortune)

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    Fortune's feed description

    A workable AI safety pact would set shared warning signs and enforceable brakes—without requiring U.S.-China trust.

  4. NBC News

    U.S. and China face grave AI risks but mutual distrust stalls cooperation (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    The United States and China are both gripped by safety fears as they reckon with their rapid advances in AI, but intensifying competition and deep mutual distrust could derail the kind of cooperation experts say is vital to head off the strategically vital technology’s greatest dangers.

  5. PBS NewsHour

    Sen. Mark Warner says U.S. can strengthen AI safety without losing race to China (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    The warnings about artificial intelligence are growing more urgent, and increasingly, they're coming from inside the industry. AI researchers have resigned over safety concerns, while some of the field's prominent leaders are calling for stronger government oversight.

  6. Financial Times

    Can the US and China work together on AI risks? (opens Financial Times)

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    Financial Times's feed description

    Technological rivalry between Washington and Beijing makes it harder to agree how to manage potentially existential dangers

  7. CBS News

    Is the U.S. and China's mutual distrust the biggest risk as AI evolves? (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Analysts tell CBS News that as the U.S. and China race for AI supremacy, they risk driving all of humanity "off a cliff."

  8. Axios

    Scoop: U.S. open to discuss AI "shared risks" with China, Bessent says (opens Axios)

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    Axios's feed description

    The U.S. is open to discussing shared risks with China in upcoming AI talks this weekend, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Axios. Why it matters: The Trump administration has flatly rejected calls from industry to pace or slow down the development of AI, citing a fierce race against China.

  9. WFMZ Allentown

    A global AI safety strategy depends on US-China cooperation. They each see the other as the problem (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    HONG KONG (AP) — As concern rises over the risks of artificial intelligence, hopes for any kind of global approach depend on cooperation between the U.S. and China — superpowers that seem only to be more skeptical of each other's…

  10. Triblive

    A global AI safety strategy depends on U.S.-China cooperation. They each see the other as the problem (opens Triblive)

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    Triblive's feed description

    HONG KONG — As concern rises over the risks of artificial intelligence, hopes for any kind of global approach depend on cooperation between the U.S. and China — superpowers that seem only to be more skeptical of each other’s AI strategy.

  11. Fast Company

    Global AI safety is hinging on U.S.-China cooperation, but they see each other as the problem (opens Fast Company)

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    Fast Company's feed description

    As concern rises over the risks of artificial intelligence , hopes for any kind of global approach depend on cooperation between the U.S. and China — superpowers that seem only to be more skeptical of each other’s AI strategy .

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