US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent looks on as First Lady Melania Trump (out of frame) speaks during an event to launch “Fostering the Future Accounts,” a new financial vehicle for youth in foster care, at the Treasury Building in Washington, DC, on June 11, 2026.
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The United States and China are planning to hold talks over artificial intelligence in September, five sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, as the superpowers confront how to regulate the risks posed by their increasingly powerful rival frontier models.
The AI talks, a significant outcome of the Trump-Xi summit in May, will likely take place before Chinese President Xi Jinping’s planned September 24 visit to the U.S., although the dates have not been finalized, said the sources, who asked not to be named as the information is not public.
The talks would be led on the U.S. side by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, four of the sources said. The identity of other participants on the U.S. and Chinese side, as well as the agenda and location of the discussion, are still under deliberation as preparations are at an initial stage, three of them said.
The White House, U.S. State Department and U.S. Treasury did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. China’s National Development and Reform Commission, cyberspace regulator, industry and foreign ministries, and the State Council did not immediately respond to faxed requests for comment.
