The Biden administration views these talks as a significant step into a new realm of diplomacy. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken addressed this in a speech at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, highlighting the administration's strategy to manage cyber conflict and ensure control over physical technologies like undersea cables. The strategy signifies a departure from the Silicon Valley mantra of 'move fast and break things', emphasizing a more cautious approach in the State Department's dealings.
Key takeaways:
- U.S. and Chinese diplomats are planning to hold discussions on the use of artificial intelligence, marking the first tentative arms control talks over AI.
- The talks, which have been a year in the making, will take place in Geneva and will aim to find common ground on how AI should be used and where it could potentially be banned.
- Beijing's agreement to the discussion was unexpected, as it has previously refused any discussion of limiting the size of nuclear arsenals.
- For the Biden administration, these talks represent the first serious venture into a new realm of diplomacy, which Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke about at the RSA Conference in San Francisco.