US companies and Chinese experts engaged in secret diplomacy on AI safety (ft.com)

I love what the title suggests. China has experts and the US just has whoever bought their way in.

> The Geneva meetings were arranged with the knowledge of the White House as well as that of UK and Chinese government officials, according to a negotiator present, who declined to be named.

So...not actually secret diplomacy? Seems like a non-story with the details provided.