Questions remain over which US agencies will take the lead, whether private firms will join and what will be on the agenda
3-MIN READ3-MIN ListenKhushboo RazdanandNayan Sethin WashingtonPublished: 6:00pm, 19 Aug 2026Updated: 6:02pm, 19 Aug 2026With Chinese President Xi Jinping’s planned visit to the United States just weeks away, Washington and Beijing are still struggling to arrange a hoped-for dialogue on artificial intelligence, with the venue, participants and scope of the talks yet to be settled.Two sources familiar with the discussions said Washington had yet to decide which part of the US government should take the lead. The two sides had also not agreed on whether technical experts and private-sector representatives should be included, among other questions.
A substantive dialogue would also require experts from AI laboratories, rather than simply senior diplomats, to take part, the person said.
