The United States and China will reportedly hold talks over artificial intelligence in September to discuss the risks posed by their increasingly powerful frontier models and the tensions that have arisen as they compete for dominance in the AI race.
The dates have not yet been finalized, but the meeting is expected sometime before Chinese President Xi Jinping’s planned Sept. 24 visit to the U.S., Reuters reported, citing multiple sources. It constitutes the first U.S.-China dialogue on AI under the Trump administration.
President Donald Trump and Xi previously discussed AI regulation at a summit in May, where they agreed to launch intergovernmental talks on AI governance.
“This is the first meeting, they’re unlikely to solve any major problems. I think they will try to agree to some basic terms, like what defines a frontier AI model,” DGA-Albright Stonebridge Group partner Paul Triolo told Reuters.
The discussion would be led on the U.S. side by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, four of the sources said. Other details about the meeting were not yet reported.
The White House and U.S. Treasury did not respond to a Washington Examiner request for comment.
The AI race and security guardrails
As Beijing and Washington race to develop AI, both superpowers are working to establish regulations and shore up national security vulnerabilities.
The Trump administration, for instance, recently pressured Anthropic to disable access to its Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models worldwide in response to a hacking incident linked to China.
Anthropic did not respond to a request for comment.
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The Trump administration is in talks with U.S. AI companies about creating voluntary safety standards for the release of new AI models. Members of Congress are also discussing imposing safety standards by legislation.
Washington is also considering restrictions on American firms using Chinese open-weight models such as Kimi K3.