A.I. Safety Concerns Go Global

ImageAndrew here.Tonight, leaders from corporate America will flock to the East Room of the White House for a state dinner for President Xi Jinping of China.

(Expected attendees include: Elon Musk, Jensen Huang of Nvidia, Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase and Larry Fink of BlackRock.) We’ll bring you a full rundown on Friday of what we hear behind the scenes.Our expectation: a continuing debate about A.I.safety — strictly out of earshot of President Trump — talk of rare earth minerals and growing anxiety over the price of Treasury bonds.Image‘Unacceptable’President Trump may be dismissive about concerns about artificial intelligence safety.

But discussions at the United Nations — and alarming new disclosures of hacks by A.I.agents — underscore how the issue is at the forefront of other leaders’ minds.The emerging question is how international efforts to restrain the fast-evolving technology will take shape, especially if Trump is resistant to broad-ranging initiatives.OpenAI agents’ hacking of Australian government systems has ignited new safety concerns.

The breach occurred at a government-run public health care website in June, and A.I.agents gained access to nonpublic information, Anthony Albanese, the country’s prime minister, said on Wednesday.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.

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