Washington is incensed by a recent China-linked hack of the telephone communications of US government and presidential campaign officials, and is anxious about increasing pressure by Beijing on Taiwan and Chinese support for Russia.
Lima: Joe Biden met Chinese President Xi Jinping for the last time as US president on Saturday, with the leaders’ goal of lowering tensions before Donald Trump’s inauguration challenged by fresh conflicts over cyber crime, trade, Taiwan and Russia.
Biden and Xi huddled on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Lima, Peru as they began their first talks in seven months, according to Chinese state media.
In a significant development, US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed on Saturday that human beings and not artificial intelligence should make decisions over the use of nuclear weapons, according to the White House.
“The two leaders affirmed the need to maintain human control over the decision to use nuclear weapons,” the White House said in a statement.
“The two leaders also stressed the need to consider carefully the potential risks and develop AI technology in the military field in a prudent and responsible manner.”
This would mark the first time the two countries have made such a declaration.
Other topics were also discussed, as per US National Security Adviser Sullivan. Biden and Xi discussed wrongfully detained Americans in China. Biden also flagged US’s concerns over three major issues — the ongoing cyberattacks by China targetting civilian critical infrastructure and threatening the safety and security of Americans; China’s continued support to Russia’s defense industrial base and the need to develop Artificial Intelligence tech in the military field in a ‘prudent and responsible manner’.
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