The world wants to secure AI. It may have to try without the US.

Global governments are struggling to find a path forward on AI without buy-in from the United States. World leaders and tech CEOs are using the U.N. General Assembly this week to call for a global approach to rein in AI, particularly following cyberattacks against other technology firms in recent weeks. But that’s against the backdrop of President Donald Trump flatly rejecting in his own speech to the assembly any “globalist scheme of control” on AI. That’s putting those countries that want to move forward in a tough spot. “If the U.S. is not participating — where the U.S.