Biden, Xi agree that humans, not AI, should control nuclear arms

17/11/2024 12:00

        U.S. 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."
        An official Chinese government summary of the meeting echoed this point.
        
        It was not clear whether the statement would lead to further talks or action on the issue. But it marks a first-of-its-kind step between the two countries in the discussion of two issues on which progress has been elusive: nuclear arms and artificial intelligence.
        
        Washington has been pushing Beijing for months to break a longstanding resistance to nuclear arms talks.