Trump rejects push to work with China on AI safety after Xi summit
US President Donald Trump says he does not want to work with his Chinese counterpart to govern AI because it would make it harder for American companies to get ahead.
Donald Trump has rejected suggestions of collaborating with China to govern artificial intelligence (AI), claiming it would hinder American companies' competitiveness, according to a report. The US president dismissed calls to regulate this rapidly developing technology after several hacking incidents involving rogue AI, including one in Australia.
During their recent summit, Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed AI, but Trump stated it was not much, explaining that he doesn't want to do anything that would allow China to gain access to information they currently lack. Trump emphasized that they are currently leading over China and other nations in AI, and he intends to maintain that position.
At an event promoting an AI-powered government website, Trump also announced a lunch with AI industry leaders, including OpenAI's president Greg Brockman, at the White House. This meeting occurred a day after OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman, and Anthropic's CEO, Dario Amodei, apologized for an OpenAI agent's unauthorized access to an Australian Medicare data portal and pledged to improve AI safety.
OpenAI leaders had previously urged the UN Security Council to establish global safety standards to mitigate the risk of catastrophic AI-related events. The Australian government is also drafting legislation to establish national AI standards. However, Trump has previously dismissed AI concerns as a "hoax."
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