US companies and Chinese experts engaged in secret diplomacy on AI safety
美国企业与中国专家就AI安全开展秘密外交
OpenAI, Anthropic and Cohere held back-channel talks with Chinese state-backed groups in Geneva
在两个超级大国在人工智能、量子计算等前沿技术领域争夺霸主地位之际，这些此前未被报道的会谈是中美合作的罕见迹象。
US artificial intelligence companies OpenAI, Anthropic and Cohere have engaged in secret diplomacy with Chinese AI experts, amid shared concern about how the powerful technology may spread misinformation and threaten social cohesion. According to multiple people with direct knowledge, two meetings took place in Geneva in July and October last year attended by scientists and policy experts from the American AI groups, alongside representatives of Tsinghua University and other Chinese state-backed institutions.
美国人工智能公司OpenAI、Anthropic和Cohere已与中国人工智能专家进行秘密外交，此时正值人们普遍担忧这种强大技术可能传播虚假消息、威胁社会凝聚力。
Attendees said the talks allowed both sides to discuss the risks from the emerging technology and encourage investments in AI safety research. They added that the ultimate goal was to find a scientific path forward to safely develop more sophisticated AI technology.
根据多名知情人士，去年7月和10月在日内瓦举行了两场会议，与会人员有美国人工智能企业的科学家和政策专家，以及清华大学(Tsinghua University)和其他中国国有机构的代表。
“There is no way for us to set international standards around AI safety and alignment without agreement between this set of actors,” said one person present at the talks. “And if they agree, it makes it much easier to bring the others along.”
与会者表示，这些会谈令双方能够讨论这种新兴科技的风险，鼓励对人工智能安全研究的投资。他们补充说，终极目标是找到通向安全开发更复杂人工智能技术的科学通道。
