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StatementDefenceGovernmentUS ChinaConfirmed

Biden and Xi agree to keep human control over decisions to use nuclear weapons

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Source: The White House (archived)Also reported by Reuters (via BusinessDay)

Meeting in Lima on 16 November 2024 on the sidelines of APEC, Joe Biden and Xi Jinping affirmed the need to keep human control over the decision to use nuclear weapons, and stressed weighing the risks of military AI carefully. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said it was the first time the US and China had made this statement. China’s readout carried the same point.

Why it matters

The US and China put a shared line on AI in nuclear command on record, which arms-control talks between them had not produced before.

When
16 Nov 2024
ID
WTA-N-2024-0142
Who
The White House, Government of China; Joe Biden, Xi Jinping, Jake Sullivan

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from The White House (archived) and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

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WTA-N-2024-0142: “Biden and Xi agree to keep human control over decisions to use nuclear weapons.” wheresthe.ai, 16 Nov 2024. https://wheresthe.ai/d/intl-us-china-human-control-nuclear-ai-2024-11/ (source: The White House (archived)).

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