ASIA IN BRIEF President Xi Jinping of China and President Joe Biden of the USA have pledged to continue working together to ensure AI does not harm humanity.. The two met on Saturday at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Peru. In the Chinese and American accounts of their meeting, both leaders affirmed the need to maintain human control over the decision to use nuclear weapons.

Formal nuclear arms control negotiations have not been expected any time soon, despite US concerns about China's rapid nuclear weapons build-up, even though semi-official exchanges have resumed. On artificial intelligence, China and the United States launched their first formal bilateral talks on the issue in May in Geneva, but those talks are ...

Nuclear weapons, once launched, cannot be recalled or disabled due to design choices aimed at preventing electronic sabotage. While some missile systems have flight termination capabilities, these are not standard for operational nuclear weapons, raising concerns about accidental launches. Technological advancements could allow for ...

(Bloomberg) -- US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed Saturday that neither of their nations would turn over control of nuclear weapons to artificial intelligence programs, the White House said Saturday. “It’s an important statement about the intersection of artificial ...

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China's nuclear arsenal is dwarfed by those of Russia (1,710 operational warheads) and the US (1,770 operational warheads), but its advancements have sparked worries about a potential arms race.

China and the US launched their first formal bilateral talks on AI in May in Geneva, but those talks are not believed to have touched on nuclear weapons decision-making. The US defense department estimated last year that China has 500 operational nuclear warheads and will probably field more than 1,000 by 2030.

The agreement was not borne out of concern that either country was imminently going to hand over control of nuclear weapons to AI, but rather an acknowledgment that the two nuclear powers were leaders in the emerging technology, Sullivan said.

"The two leaders affirmed the need to maintain human control over the decision to use nuclear weapons," stated the White House. Additionally, Biden and Xi emphasized the necessity of carefully addressing the potential risks of developing artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in the military sector.