On October 7, 2024, the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS) of Tsinghua University and the Brookings Institution co-hosted the 11th Round of the U.S.-China Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence and International Security in Venice, Italy. Colin Kahl, former United States Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, attended the event and delivered a speech. A total of more than 30 project team members from China and the U.S. participated in the Dialogue and engaged in in-depth discussions on topics related to AI and international security.

The Dialogue included three sessions. The first session focused on advanced AI risks, which was moderated by Melanie Sisson, Fellow of the Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology at the Brookings Institution. Experts shared their views on the concept of catastrophic risks of advanced AI, catastrophic AI risks in the context of armed conflict, and regulation of advanced AI. Both sides believed that a common understanding of concepts related to advanced AI risks should be enhanced and effective regulatory measures should be taken.

The second session centered on AI and disinformation, which was moderated by Xiao Qian, Deputy Director of CISS. Participating experts discussed the concept of disinformation and the process and mechanism of disinformation generated by AI and concluded that we should pay attention to the new characteristics of disinformation generated by AI and take practical measures to avoid the serious consequences brought by the proliferation of disinformation.

The third session, moderated by Ryan Hass, Senior Fellow of the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution, discussed the follow-up plan of the project team and China-U.S. cooperation on AI. Participating experts affirmed the progress and major achievements of the dialogues and believed that the flexibility and professionalism of the dialogues among think tanks should be brought into play to continue in-depth exchanges on forward-looking topics in the field of AI security, enhance the common understanding of advanced AI risks, and better serve the potential China-U.S. cooperation on AI security.

The conference was concluded by Colin Kahl, former United States Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, and Xiao Qian, Deputy Director of CISS. Both sides affirmed the achievement of the 11th Round of Dialogue, agreed to further strengthen exchanges in the field of AI security governance, and looked forward to more research outputs from the project team.

In October 2019, CISS and the Brookings Institution jointly established the U.S.-China Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence and International Security project, which has held eleven rounds of dialogues so far. The two sides have organized experts to carry out continuous discussions on topics related to AI and international security, constantly improve communication between Chinese and American experts, promote the two sides to resolve differences and enhance understanding and cooperation, and explore feasible paths to jointly address the security risks and challenges of AI.