US and China plan AI safety talks

The US and China are preparing their first official bilateral talks devoted solely to AI since President Trump began his second term, with the meeting planned for mid-September, according to Reuters reporting reproduced by Bloomberg Law. Reuters cited 2 sources briefed on the discussions, and the agenda and attendance remain unsettled. Builders should file this as a geopolitical compliance signal, not a policy change: the paper’s analysis of the US-China AI race makes cross-border model access and safety coordination part of procurement risk.