U.S. and China to hold first talks on AI risks in Geneva

No joint statements or agreements expected to be made in Tuesday meeting

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Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping agreed late last year to hold discussions on the risks of artificial intelligence. (Nikkei montage/Source photo by Reuters)

KEN MORIYASU and YIFAN YU, Nikkei staff writers

WASHINGTON/PALO ALTO, California -- The U.S. and China will hold their first formal government-to-government discussion on artificial intelligence in Geneva on Tuesday, putting into action one of the agreements that Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping made when they met in California last November.

The U.S. side will be led by Tarun Chhabra, the National Security Council's senior director for technology and national security, and Seth Center, the State Department's acting special envoy for critical and emerging technology. The Chinese side will be led by officials from the Foreign Ministry and the National Development and Reform Commission.

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