Trump and Xi meet at White House to discuss AI safety pact
Trump and Xi meet next week as leading US AI researchers call for slowing frontier AI development.
Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping will sit down at the White House next week. US AI pioneers are calling for a slowdown in frontier AI development.
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, suggested the two leaders could earn a Nobel Peace Prize by making a safety agreement. It would set some baseline standards for the AI race.
Altman said such a deal would be straightforward: "This is like a one-page document." Beijing views AI differently from some Silicon Valley figures.
It sees AI less as an existential threat to humanity, more as a security risk to the Chinese Communist Party. Analysts expect little progress beyond a few basic agreements, citing deep mutual distrust.
One former US State Department official said even single paragraphs on agreements with China can take months to negotiate.
- White House
- Location
- next week
- Timing
- Sam Altman
- OpenAI CEO
- Chen Yixin
- China spy chief
Why it mattersHow the US and China manage AI development affects global security, economic competition, and whether advanced AI systems are built safely.
AustraliaAustralia's AI sector and tech security relies partly on US-China stability; any breakthrough could shape global AI safety standards affecting Australian companies.
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