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Global AI safety strategy hinges on US-China cooperation, yet the two countries regard each other as the problem.

Global AI safety strategy hinges on US-China cooperation, yet the two countries regard each other as the problem.

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September 17th, 2026

Global AI safety strategy hinges on US-China cooperation, yet the two countries regard each other as the problem.

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As concerns about the risks of artificial intelligence continue to deepen, the hope for any global solution hinges on cooperation between the United States and Chinayet these two superpowers appear only to be growing more suspicious of each other's AI strategies.

随着对人工智能风险的担忧不断加深任何全球性方案的希望取决于美中之间的合作——这两个超级大国似乎只会愈发怀疑彼此的人工智能战略

Artificial intelligence governance is expected to be on the agenda when President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping meet in Washington next week.

预计人工智能治理将被列入唐纳德·特朗普总统与中国领导人习近平下周在华盛顿举行会晤议程

The issue is becoming increasingly urgent in both countries, and American tech leaders say that whether the worst-case scenario of runaway AI can be avoided depends on maintaining a certain degree of cooperation with China.

这一议题在两国都日益紧迫美国科技领袖表示,能否避免失控人工智能的最坏情况取决于与中国保持一定程度的合作

However, both countries are competing for decisive dominance in the field of artificial intelligence, and Trump has warned that any effort to regulate this technology would only benefit China.

两国都在争夺人工智能领域决定性优势特朗普警告称任何监管这项技术努力都会帮助中国

This sets the stage for a meeting at which any agreement may prove superficial, yet could perhaps mark the beginning of a broader process.

为一场会晤埋下伏笔任何协议都可能流于表面或许会成为一个更大进程的开端

"A formal agreement or consensus may be nearly impossible to reach, but they may not need to go that far," said Sam Sachs, a senior research fellow at the Future of US-China and Global Affairs Institute at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies.

正式协议或共识或许几乎无法达成但他们未必需要走到那一步,”约翰斯·霍普金斯大学高级国际研究学院美中及全球事务未来研究所高级研究员萨姆·萨克斯表示

"Trump and Xi need only acknowledge that AI poses risks to both countries, and they can use that to create political space."

特朗普和习近平只需承认人工智能对两国均构成风险便可借此创造政治空间。”

Trump has consistently resisted calls to tighten regulation of this technology, claiming that doing so could allow China to overtake the United States in artificial intelligence.

特朗普始终抵制加强对这项技术监管的呼声声称此举可能使中国在人工智能领域超越美国

He has repeatedly declared that the country that leads in this technology "wins."

多次宣称,引领这项技术的国家获胜”。

"We are leading China, as well as every other country," Trump declared on social media on Monday.

“我们正领先于中国,以及所有其他国家,”特朗普于周一在社交媒体上如此宣称。

The two countries are advancing this technology in different ways.

两国正以不同方式推进这项技术

American companies are pursuing the frontiers of artificial intelligence, relying on computing power supported by cutting-edge chips and the rapidly expanding data-centre infrastructure in the United States.

美国企业凭借尖端芯片支持的算力以及美国迅速扩张的数据中心基础设施追逐人工智能前沿

China, by contrast, is seeking to have its open-source, more economical models widely adopted around the world.

中国寻求让其开源更经济的模型在全球得到广泛采用

Even though US-led restrictions bar China from obtaining the world's most advanced AI chips, Chinese AI models have still made significant progress and won favour with American companies.

尽管美国主导的限制措施禁止中国获得全球最先进的人工智能芯片中国的人工智能模型取得了重大进展,赢得美国企业的青睐

While most American frontier models are closed-source, with their design elements kept secret, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday that the United States needs to develop more open-source models to counter China.

虽然美国大多数前沿模型都是闭源的其设计要素保密,但美国财政部长斯科特·贝森特周二表示,美国需要开发更多开源模型以对抗中国

The United States accuses China of trying to extract capabilities from American AI systems in an "aggressive and malicious" manner.

美国指责中国以“咄咄逼人、恶意的方式试图从美国人工智能系统中提取能力

In response, China accuses the United States of trying to suppress Chinese companies in order to establish an "AI industry monopoly."

作为回应中国指责美国试图打压中国企业以便建立人工智能行业垄断”。

David Sacks, a senior artificial intelligence adviser to Trump, stated that China "has already refused" to slow down the development of the most advanced forms of artificial intelligence.

特朗普高级人工智能顾问戴维·萨克斯表示中国已经拒绝放缓开发最先进形式人工智能的步伐。

Speaking on Fox News's "The Ingraham Angle," he said that, unlike the nuclear tensions between the US and the Soviet Union during the Cold War, it is impossible to verify whether China complies with any artificial intelligence commitments.

在福克斯新闻的《英格拉汉姆视角》节目中,与冷战时期美苏核紧张不同无法核实中国是否遵守任何人工智能承诺

"In this situation, we have neither trust nor the ability to verify," Sachs said.

“在这种情况下,我们既没有信任,也无法核实,”萨克斯说。

"So don't be foolish and hand the entire game to China."

“所以,别犯傻,把整场比赛拱手让给中国。”

Even so, people who remain in contact with the government still believe that coordination in the field of artificial intelligence would be beneficial.

尽管如此,与政府方面保持联系的人士依然认为,在人工智能领域开展协调不无裨益。

At an annual security and defense conference held in Beijing on Tuesday, former Chinese ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai said that artificial intelligence is an area in which we should advance and strengthen dialogue between Beijing and Washington.

在周二于北京举行的一场年度安全与防务会议前中国驻美大使崔天凯表示人工智能是一个我们应该推进并加强北京与华盛顿之间对话领域

"Because there is a need for cooperation, and that need is constantly growing," he said at the Xiangshan Forum.

因为存在合作的需要而且这种需要在不断增长,”他在香山论坛上表示

"So how do we manage this balance?"

那么我们如何管理这种平衡?”

Two leading American artificial intelligence companies, Anthropic and OpenAI, both restrict access in China and have stated that, for reasons of national security, the United States must maintain its leading position in artificial intelligence technology.

两家领先的美国人工智能公司Anthropic和OpenAI均限制在中国的访问并表示美国出于国家安全需要必须维护其在人工智能技术上的领先地位

However, they have also called for cooperation with China in order to manage safety.

但它们也呼吁与中国合作以管理安全

Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, published an article last weekend in which he called for slowing down the development of artificial intelligence on safety grounds.

Anthropic首席执行官达里奥·阿莫代伊于上周末发表文章以安全为由呼吁放缓人工智能发展

In the article, he argued that the United States should slow China's progress, including by maintaining American restrictions on China's purchase of the world's most advanced AI chips.

他在文中表示美国应减缓中国的进展包括维持美国对中国购买全球最先进人工智能芯片的限制

However, he also added, "A global pace will require cooperation with China, an authoritarian state that possesses by far the most advanced AI capabilities."

然而,他也补充说,“全球步调将需要与中国合作,这个威权国家拥有迄今为止最先进的人工智能能力。”

His article quickly drew criticism from Beijing, with China's Foreign Ministry stating on Monday that "spreading panic, confrontation, and vicious competition will only disrupt the global AI governance process and serve no one's interests."

他的文章迅速招致北京方面的批评中国外交部周一表示,“散布恐慌对抗恶性竞争只会扰乱全球人工智能治理进程不符合任何人的利益。”

The Global Times, an official Chinese newspaper, went further, describing his remarks as "brimming with containment clauses aimed at China, essentially a 'Cold War script' for the field of artificial intelligence."

中国官方报纸《环球时报》更进一步,称其言论“充斥着针对中国的遏制条款,本质上是一份人工智能领域的‘冷战剧本’”。

Trump has already consulted with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and even called the world's most advanced computer chip manufacturer in the middle of a podcast interview on Monday.

特朗普已与英伟达首席执行官黄仁勋磋商甚至在周一一次播客采访中途致电这家全球最先进的计算机芯片制造商

Nvidia broadly supports exporting some chips to China, arguing that doing so helps build an American ecosystem around the technology and fosters a more open relationship in the field of artificial intelligence, given that China has a large number of researchers.

英伟达总体上支持向中国出口部分芯片认为此举有助于为这项技术构建美国生态系统并在人工智能领域建立更开放的关系因为中国拥有大量研究人员

In both the United States and China, the growing capabilities of artificial intelligence have raised alarm among senior officials and policymakers.

在美国与中国,人工智能不断增强的能力均引发了高级官员和政策制定者的警觉。

The head of China's Ministry of State Security published an article on Sunday warning that artificial intelligence poses numerous threats to the nation, ranging from political and ideological security to cyberattacks.

中国国家安全部负责人周日发表文章警告称,人工智能对国家构成了诸多威胁,从政治和意识形态安全到网络攻击。

In the article, Chen Yixin argues that if AI is exploited by those with "ulterior motives," it could pose a threat to China's political and ideological security, and he names the powerful AI models of Anthropic and OpenAI.

陈一新在文章中主张人工智能别有用心利用,可能对中国的政治意识形态安全构成威胁,并点名AnthropicOpenAI强大人工智能模型

The article states that these models could be used to "weaponize" cybersecurity vulnerabilities and threaten China's critical information infrastructure.

文章称这些模型可能被用来武器化网络安全漏洞威胁中国关键信息基础设施

Paul Triolo, a partner at the DGA-Albright Stonebridge Group, said that several other recent AI-related incidents have also raised concerns about China's approach to AI governance.

DGA-Albright Stonebridge Group合伙人保罗·特里奥罗表示近期其他几起与人工智能相关事件引发了对中国在人工智能治理方面担忧

These include a recent discovery by an American security firm of an AI vulnerability in WeChat, a key Chinese messaging app that also offers payment services and other functions.

其中包括一家美国安全公司最近发现中国关键即时通讯应用微信存在人工智能漏洞,微信提供支付服务及其他功能

Although Chinese officials have said that after Trump's summit with Xi in Beijing in mid-May, the United States and China agreed to hold talks on the development and governance of artificial intelligence, little progress has been made.

尽管中国官员表示特朗普5月中旬与习近平于北京举行峰会后,美中已同意人工智能的发展与治理展开对话,但进展甚微

Meanwhile, China and the United States have consistently been joining forces with like-minded countries to build an artificial intelligence alliance.

与此同时中国和美国始终在携手理念相近的国家共同构建人工智能联盟

In July, China launched the World AI Cooperation Organization, initially with 29 founding member states, including Russia and Pakistan, with the aim of advancing global AI governance.

7月中国发起世界人工智能合作组织最初29个创始成员国包括俄罗斯巴基斯坦旨在推动全球人工智能治理

This month, Chinese President Xi Jinping called on the BRICS nations to accelerate the establishment of a global AI governance framework and to build an open-source AI community.

本月中国国家主席习近平呼吁金砖国家加快建立全球人工智能治理框架建立开源人工智能社区

Some political observers regard this China-led organization as a response to the US-led "Pax Silica" initiative.

一些政治观察人士这一中国主导的组织视为对美国主导的“硅和平”倡议的回应

Launched last year, that initiative focuses on strengthening cooperation with countries such as Japan, the United Kingdom, and Australia in AI supply chains.

该倡议于去年启动重点在于加强与日本、英国和澳大利亚等国在人工智能供应链方面合作

In an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation," Amodei was asked about his expectations for the Trump-Xi meeting regarding artificial intelligence.

在接受哥伦比亚广播公司《面向全国》节目采访时阿莫代伊被问及对特朗普与习近平会晤在人工智能方面的期望。

He said, "The longer-term thing would be to jointly set a ceiling on the pace of AI progress."

他说,“更长远的事情将是共同为人工智能进展速度设定上限。”

But he indicated that this would likely prove extremely difficult.

但他表示很可能非常困难

On the eve of the meeting between Trump and Xi Jinping, an account linked to China's official media, "Yuyuantantian," recently posted on social media, striking a similarly cautious tone.

在特朗普与习近平会晤前夕与中国官方媒体有关联的账号玉渊谭天近日在社交媒体上发帖同样态度谨慎

The post stated: "Only if the United States first demonstrates that safety rules apply equally to its own model companies can substantive discussions take place between the US and China."

帖子称:“只有美国首先证明安全规则对其本国模型公司同样有效美中之间才能进行实质性讨论。”

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