Trump rules out working with China on AI safety before tech CEO lunch
US President Donald Trump has said he does not want to cooperate with China on AI governance, arguing that it would help Beijing catch up with American companies.
He spoke on Tuesday in Washington shortly before hosting AI executives for lunch at the White House.
He told the audience that AI had come up only briefly in his talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, who visited Washington last week.
“A lot of people say, let’s do it together with China, but then they’re going to be able to immediately gain access to things that we know that they don’t know,” Trump said.
“We’re leading now over China and everyone else, and I want to keep it that way,” he added.
The remarks came at the launch of America.gov, an AI-powered website and chatbot for finding federal services, NBC News reported.
Xi, by contrast, said during his visit that AI...
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