Xi Jinping is the president of China. Recent coverage centers on his September 2026 Washington visit, where he and Donald Trump discussed trade, Taiwan and AI safety without announcing major breakthroughs, and Xi invited Trump to the November APEC summit in Shenzhen. Stories also cover US senators urging formal AI guardrail talks with Xi, Nvidia chip sales to China, and Palantir's defense chief linking AI advances to Taiwan.
Palantir’s Defense Chief Sees Chinese Threat to Taiwan Over AIMike Gallagher, Palantir's head of defense, warned that advances in AI capabilities have made it more compelling for Chinese leader Xi Jinping to seize control of Taiwan, a chipmaking hub that has fueled the global AI boom.
Commentary: Preventing AI from triggering a world warA commentary argues that AI's cyber capabilities create mutual vulnerability between the US and China, giving both sides an incentive for restraint on attacks against critical infrastructure. It cites the 2015 US-China cyber agreement as precedent.
Trump signs executive order to call AI 'Super Intelligence' in governmentUS President Donald Trump signed an executive order requiring official policy websites, documents, and press releases to refer to AI as 'Super Intelligence' instead of 'artificial intelligence.' Trump called 'super' the best word and said Chinese President Xi Jinping likes it too.
Is the world safer from AI risk after Trump-Xi summit?Analysts said runaway AI is a shared threat to the US and China, but both see AI as key to economic and military competition, making deep cooperation unlikely soon. An Anthropic researcher resigned this month over safety concerns, and an executive posted on X that there is a 10% chance AI could kill all humans this decade.
Experts worry about Nvidia's AI chip sales in China and Trump influenceThough the Trump-Xi summit left export controls untouched and only extended the trade truce by two months, Nvidia appeared to gain ground as China's MIIT asked Alibaba and ByteDance to detail plans to buy RTX Pro 5500 chips, possibly for AI servers. Analysts worry about Nvidia's China sales and influence over Trump.
Roach: China Economy Unbalanced, AI Deal UnlikelyYale senior fellow and former Morgan Stanley Asia chairman Stephen Roach said Trump's meeting with Xi left many questions unresolved on tariffs, technology restrictions, rare earth leverage and Taiwan, even as both sides projected some stability. He added that China's economy is unbalanced and an AI deal between the two countries is hard to envision.
Xi wraps up Washington visit with AI safety talks, no breakthroughChinese President Xi Jinping ended a three-day Washington visit, discussing trade and AI safety with Trump but announcing no major breakthroughs. Trump called the meeting productive, and Xi invited him to the APEC summit in Shenzhen in November.
Xi-Trump summit covers trade, Taiwan, AIXi Jinping's state visit to Washington included talks with Trump on trade, Taiwan, AI, and international conflicts. Both stressed stable relations; Trump said neither wanted AI regulations, while Xi emphasized keeping AI under human control.
Xi acknowledges AI risks as Trump dismisses themThe Washington Post reports that Chinese President Xi Jinping acknowledges the risks posed by artificial intelligence, while US President Donald Trump dismisses them, highlighting differing approaches to AI governance.
Texas Democrat bill seeks to restrict artificial superintelligence developmentAs Xi Jinping and Donald Trump meet and seek common ground on AI safety, Texas Democrat Rep. Greg Casar and Sen. Bernie Sanders are pushing legislation to restrict development of AI models that could go rogue. Brendan Steinhauser of the Alliance for Secure AI called the issue bipartisan, citing cybersecurity, critical infrastructure and loss-of-control risks, and urged congressional action.
AI Emerges as Flashpoint in Trump-Xi TalksAs Chinese open-weight models close the gap with leading US systems, the US-China AI race is a key issue in Trump-Xi talks. Rhodium Group's Reva Goujon discusses tensions over AI safety and export controls, divisions within the Trump administration, and how tech restrictions, critical minerals, and Taiwan factor in.
Sen. Blackburn outlines AI priorities for Trump-Xi talksAhead of President Trump's White House meeting with President Xi Jinping, Senator Marsha Blackburn said AI should be a top agenda item, wanting protections for children, consumer privacy, and intellectual property, and raising concerns about Americans' personal data being accessible to Beijing. Trade, critical minerals, and agriculture were also discussed.
Cantwell, colleagues push Trump to negotiate AI guardrails with XiU.S. Senator Maria Cantwell and 16 colleagues sent a letter urging President Trump to negotiate a formal agreement with Chinese President Xi Jinping on AI guardrails and global standards. They emphasized the need for development and testing standards, model oversight, human control over autonomous systems, and technological verification to mitigate risks from unregulated AI advancement.
Trump-Xi Talks Put AI Race at ForefrontChinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington Wednesday for a state visit to discuss trade and AI with US officials. A former White House adviser described the AI competition as a battle of superpowers.
Xi and Trump seek AI safety without slowing raceXi Jinping and Donald Trump meet this week to discuss issues from trade to Taiwan. On AI, both sides agree: neither can afford to slow down its AI development.
Experts Warn China's AI Playbook Threatens USExperts told Fox News that China is copying US model capabilities via knowledge distillation, flooding global markets with free open-source alternatives, and weaponizing AI for cognitive warfare, posing a multi-front challenge as US firms spend billions on proprietary systems.
BBC visits Inner Mongolia data centers powering China AIBBC's Laura Bicker visited Inner Mongolia, where dozens of Chinese data centers are being built, reporting on China's aim to lead in AI and contrasting Chinese and US attitudes toward the data-center industry.
After AI doomsday panic, Trump-Xi talks unlikely to yield regulationTrump and Xi will meet in Washington next week with AI high on the agenda. But both sides have recently stressed no slowdown in AI development is needed, and early signs suggest neither is willing to accept regulatory checks.
China, U.S. Must Manage AI Risks TogetherFudan scholar Zhao Minghao argues AI challenges are already real, and viewing AI only through competition could cost China and the U.S. chances to coordinate on shared risks. He notes the Trump administration is rolling out a broad AI strategy and says the U.S. must win the race with China, while Chinese open-source models gain global ground on performance.
China, US Continue Talks on AI, Investment and Trade in New YorkChinese and US officials wrapped up two days of talks in New York covering artificial intelligence, investment and trade, aiming to advance negotiations ahead of President Xi Jinping's visit to the US this week.
Trump-Xi Summit to Focus on AI, Tariffs, Rare MineralsAs the US and China grow more intertwined in the AI boom, hardware exports and tech restrictions have become major bargaining chips. The upcoming Trump-Xi summit is expected to center on these issues.
Trump to Weigh US-China AI 'Hotline' AgreementSources say Treasury Secretary Bessent will present Trump with a US-China AI agreement creating a direct hotline, akin to a military line, for issues such as hacking, national security and rogue AI. Trump will decide before meeting Xi.
US, China agree on AI dialogue before summitThe US and China agreed to an official AI dialogue, with Treasury Secretary Bessent also proposing a national-security-level notification mechanism for AI incidents. The announcement comes just before Thursday's Trump-Xi summit in Washington, the first on US soil since 2017.
BofA survey: Asia AI investors shift focus to earningsBank of America's Asia-Pacific research head Chris Oberoi said investors in Asia are shifting from AI exposure to monetisation proof, demanding evidence of revenue and earnings. Separately, Xi Jinping and Donald Trump are set to meet in Washington on Thursday, with trade and technology expected on the agenda.
Bessent calls meeting with China's He Lifeng successfulUS Treasury Secretary Bessent met Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng ahead of a Trump-Xi summit and called the meeting "successful." The report did not disclose specific details or outcomes of the talks.
US, China Officials Meet on AI, Trade, MineralsUS Treasury Secretary Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng met in New York to prepare for this week's Trump-Xi summit, discussing the Nov. 10 trade truce deadline, rare-earth magnet flows and AI guardrails. Analysts expect only small steps, not a breakthrough.
Trump to Host Xi Jinping in Washington for Trade, AI TalksTrump will host Xi Jinping in Washington this week for talks covering trade, AI, and key economic issues. The schedule includes a welcome ceremony, a state dinner with tech CEOs, and closed-door meetings; the two sides may ease tariffs on some nonstrategic goods, though U.S. export controls tied to national security are unlikely to loosen.
UN General Assembly to Discuss AI, Middle East, UkraineThe 80th UN General Assembly high-level week opened in New York with nearly 130 heads of state, focusing on the Middle East and Ukraine conflicts and AI risks. The Security Council may hold high-level meetings on Ukraine, AI and the Middle East. The US paid $725 million in dues this week to avoid losing its assembly vote.
DOE Backs Quantum Computer With $215MThe US Department of Energy is putting up to $215 million behind a quantum computer that corrects its own errors and does useful science by 2028. Separately, US and Chinese security specialists urged their governments to prepare for AI threats that could compromise nuclear command networks or enable military cyber operations.
Column: Keep US-China AI Safety Talks SeparateA column noted the US and China agreed to resume AI safety talks after a two-year pause, possibly this month. It argued the goal should be mutual visibility into AI capability concerns and management efforts rather than a package deal, and that the talks must stay insulated from broader US-China economic competition. Beijing has warned safety talks should not become a tool to contain China's tech rise.
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