Key facts
- People's Daily stated AI is not a 'monopoly of great powers'.
- The publication urged the U.S. to cooperate on AI risk management.
- People's Daily warned of countermeasures against accusations of malicious AI distillation.
- U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. is open to discussing shared risks with China in upcoming AI talks.
China's official newspaper, People's Daily, asserted that artificial intelligence is not exclusively controlled by major global powers and urged the United States to cooperate on AI risk management. The publication also warned of countermeasures against accusations of malicious AI distillation and called for open-source AI.
In a separate development, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent indicated that the United States is open to discussing shared risks with China in upcoming AI talks.