OpenAI Advocates US-Led Global AI Body Including China

OpenAI advocated for a United States-led global governance body on artificial intelligence that would include China, as President Donald Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday.

Chris Lehane, OpenAI's vice president of global affairs, made the proposal during a briefing with reporters at the company's Washington offices, hours before Trump's arrival in Beijing for the first state visit by a U.S. leader in nine years. "AI, in some level, transcends a lot of the prevailing or traditional trade type of issues," Lehane said. "There is an opportunity to really start to build something up globally, and have countries around the world, including China, potentially participate."

Lehane likened the proposed organization to the International Atomic Energy Agency, which sets nuclear safety standards and includes China to prevent weapons proliferation. He suggested linking the U.S. Commerce Department's Center for AI Standards and Innovation with emerging AI safety institutes worldwide, such as those in the United Kingdom and European Union. OpenAI also urged the U.S. government to require evaluations of cutting-edge AI models by federal researchers in classified...