Trump-Xi summit puts AI safety talks on the table but neither side wants to slow down

Donald Trump wants the U.S. to beat China in the AI race. But as he meets Chinese President Xi Jinping, both countries are also weighing how to address the risks posed by rapidly advancing technology. In recent months, AI systems have taken more consequential actions online: OpenAI said one of its research models gained unauthorized access to parts of the AI platform Hugging Face, while Anthropic found AI was being used to automate parts of cyberattacks. The incidents have raised fears that increasingly autonomous models could make attacks faster and harder to contain. Ahead of Trump and Xi's meeting on Thursday, U.S. Treasury Scott Bessent discussed the prospect of a "U.S.