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Biden and Xi will sign a deal to keep AI out of control systems for nuclear weapons: report

Tom Porter , Nov 13, 2023,  https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-xi-deal-ai-out-nuclear-weapons-systems-apec-report-2023-11

• China’s President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden will meet this week. 
• They’re expected to agree to limit the use of AI in nuclear weapons, a report said. 
• The meeting comes amid increasing tensions between the US and China.

US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are set to sign a deal limiting the use of artificial intelligence in nuclear weapon control systems, according to The South China Morning Post.

The leaders are due to meet Wednesday at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco against a backdrop of increasing tensions between the superpowers.

Among the top items on the agenda is the proliferation of AI in military technologies, two sources familiar with the planned discussions told The South China Morning Post.

Biden and Xi will pledge a deal limiting the use of AI in autonomous weaponry, such as drones, as well as the systems used for the control and deployment of nuclear warheads, the report said.

November 15, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics international, USA, weapons and war