US, China discussing AI ‘guardrails’: Treasury secretary Bessent

The United States and China were discussing setting up “guardrails” for the use of artificial intelligence (AI), US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC on Thursday, with growing calls for regulation of the burgeoning technology.

“We’re actually going to be discussing the AI guardrails with the Chinese because the Chinese are substantially behind us but they have a very advanced AI industry here,” he said during US President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing.