U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken salutes as he prepares to depart Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport for Beijing, April 25, 2024.
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The United States and China will hold their first high-level talks on artificial intelligence in the “coming weeks”, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on Friday, without giving any news on the future of the Chinese giant. social media TikTok.
During wide-ranging discussions with Chinese officials in Beijing, Blinken said the two sides agreed to the first U.S.-China intergovernmental dialogue on AI to discuss risks and security concerns related to the emerging technology.
“Earlier today, we agreed to hold the first U.S.-PRC discussions on artificial intelligence in the coming weeks, to share our respective perspectives on AI risks and concerns. security issues related to advanced AI and how best to manage them,” Blinken said at a news conference. .
The United States has imposed restrictions on Beijing’s ability to access high-end technology and is set to ban social media app TikTok unless its Chinese parent company ByteDance sells it.
Speaking at a news conference, Blinken said TikTok “did not come up” during the discussions.
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