US-China AI race: Rivals compete for influence while seeking common ground on risks
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump will welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington for a state visit where AI governance will feature prominently. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has proposed an "AI hotline" to notify both nations of serious AI-related incidents.
- President Trump declared that "whoever wins AI, wins," emphasizing the race for dominance, while both superpowers view AI as central to their economic rivalry. The two nations are now balancing this competition with urgent needs to mitigate shared technological risks.
- Treasury Secretary Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng held "frank, in-depth and constructive exchanges" on Sunday in New York regarding the proposed notification mechanism. Beijing has not formally accepted the proposal.
- The proposed agreement mirrors existing military hotlines designed to defuse tense incidents, though U.S. officials have previously complained that counterparts sometimes do not respond. Establishing this channel could help manage "common goals and common threats."
- Experts warn that frontier AI models could enable major cyberattacks or biological weapon development. While President Trump has dismissed existential concerns as a "HOAX," officials continue exploring a formal dialogue to prevent these technologies from slipping beyond human control.
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On Thursday the meeting between the two leaders at the White House. On the agenda, the hypothesis of a notification system is to communicate any incidents that put national security at risk. The Donald will press on Beijing to join the sanctions against Iran. The article Trump will propose Xi a pact on the "IA" comes from The Truth.
The US artificial intelligence policy is mired in serious contradictions. Silicon Valley giants are calling for a slowdown in research and development due to their monopolies, while Trump refuses to regulate domestically but hastily establishes a US-China hotline. Meanwhile, the unchecked expansion of this power-consuming monster has sparked strong backlash and legislative efforts to prevent its development across the country.
U.S.-China "red telephone" could bring a Cold War guardrail to AI
A distinctly Cold War calculus is looming over this week's Trump-Xi summit in Washington, as the U.S. and China weigh an emergency "red phone" for the day AI goes haywire.Why it matters: U.S.-China relations are so brittle that an AI hotline — not a trade pact, strategic slowdown or diplomatic reset — could emerge as the summit's most meaningful outcome.State of play: President Trump has spent the past week lashing out at AI "doomers" and boilin…
US-China AI race: Rivals compete for influence while seeking common ground on risks
Washington and Beijing are competing across AI models, chips and supply chains, even as they explore ways to manage the technology’s growing risks. Southeast Asia is increasingly becoming a focus of their efforts to build international AI partnerships.
(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Hong Jeong-gyu = At the U.S.-China summit just three days away, if an artificial intelligence (AI)-related accident or crisis situation threatening national security were to occur...
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