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On a potential AI slowdown, Treasury Sec. Bessent said that the U.S. and China discussed a mechanism called the U.S.-China AI dialogue and have agreed to meet again.
The U.S. proposed a notification mechanism between the two countries and “we want a shared vision of common goals and threats.”
The notification system for incidents would be whether something rises up to the national security level from AI.
“We think that just like any cross-border activity, moving from opaque to more transparency between the number one and number two AI powers in the world is very important.”
U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer said that U.S. chip export controls were not on the agenda.
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Scoop: Anthropic, Google and OpenAI have been holding regular discussions about creating an AI industry standards body, meeting as recently as this past week even as efforts in the White House stalled.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman also discussed moving the idea forward without the government in a company town hall this past week
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New: The Trump admin has been working on a slimmed-down replacement of the Biden-era AI diffusion export controls.
The new rule will likely attempt to close the remote access loophole, which allows Chinese AI firms to train abroad.
First co-byline with the great @QianerLiu:
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Scoop: The Anthropic-White House blowup has created a messy situation for AI companies seeking to launch new models, including for Anthropic's chief rival: OpenAI.
Lots of details in this new piece with @steph_palazzolo and @amir:
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SCOOP: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy was among the tech leaders who raised concerns to senior Trump administration officials this week about security risks in Anthropic’s most advanced models
W/ @steph_palazzolo, @catherineperlo1, and @coryweinberg
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