Trump and Xi already talked AI guardrails once this year. Nothing was signed, and no chips shipped.

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Sam Altman, Jensen Huang and Tim Cook are expected at the state dinner Donald Trump is hosting for Xi Jinping on 24 September. The same executives were on the Beijing trip in May, where AI safety was discussed, nothing was signed and the US trade representative said chip export controls never came up. Five months on, Chinese customs is still blocking the H200s Washington licensed, and Beijing has called the industry’s own slowdown proposal fearmongering.

Xi Jinping arrives in Washington next week and the technology industry is going with him. Ashley Gold reported for Semafor that OpenAI’s Sam Altman will attend the state dinner Donald Trump is hosting on 24 September.

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and Apple’s Tim Cook are also expected, according to Reuters and Bloomberg. There are separate discussions about a White House meeting with AI chief executives, which House Speaker Mike Johnson has referred to and his...

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