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Trump says U.S. and China want to leave AI competition ‘exactly where it is’

The remark came as Trump and Xi met amid proposals for an incident-notification channel between the two AI powers.

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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President Donald Trump said he and Chinese President Xi Jinping want to leave the countries’ AI competition ‘exactly where it is,’ according to a video shared by The Kobeissi Letter. He added that the U.S. guardrail is the Justice Department, without detailing a new agreement. The remark came as the leaders met in Washington and officials explored a notification mechanism for AI incidents affecting national security. The available reporting points to limited risk-management talks, not a broader pause in the technological race.

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President Donald Trump said the United States and China want to leave their artificial-intelligence competition ‘exactly where it is’ during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington. In a video shared by The Kobeissi Letter, Trump added, ‘Our guardrail is the DOJ,’ referring to the Justice Department.

The brief comment did not set out a new bilateral AI policy or suggest that either country had agreed to slow development. It arrived during a summit where AI was one of several subjects alongside trade and security.

Limited cooperation around shared risks

Before the meeting, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the United States had proposed a notification mechanism for AI incidents with national-security implications. The Associated Press reported that possible shared concerns include AI-enabled cyberattacks, biological misuse, major model failures and loss of human control.

That proposal is narrower than a joint development framework. Washington and Beijing remain competitors over advanced models, chips and global standards, while officials are testing whether they can communicate when an AI failure threatens both countries. Trump’s remark is best read as a statement about maintaining the competitive status quo, not evidence of a detailed new accord.

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@KobeissiLetterBREAKING: President Trump says he and China's President Xi want to leave AI "exactly where it is." "Our guardrail is the DOJ," Trump says.

@BlueCrewVikingTrump and Xi come face-to-face as US and China battle to win the AI race - The US and China are vying for AI supremacy while seeking to keep it under human control. Via @BBC: https://ift.tt/M8yNZ7r

@TechmemeAt a White House summit, Xi Jinping says the US and China share the "capability and responsibility" to manage AI for good and calls for healthy competition (Financial Times) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)

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Trump says U.S. and China want to leave AI competition ‘exactly where it is’

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