Chinese AI firms shunned US delegation over sanctions fears, commission says

A US congressional advisory body on China said on Friday that leading Chinese artificial intelligence firms declined to meet its members during a recent Beijing visit over concerns that doing so could expose the firms to US sanctions. But members also underscored the importance of the coming AI dialogue between Washington and Beijing. “We were told, ‘You guys are a really scary commission, and you do hawkish anti-China things, and they’re afraid if they meet with you, they might be put on the...