{
  "id": 9431705,
  "title": "AI superpower ambitions take centre stage as Trump and Xi meet",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/ai-superpower-ambitions-take-centre-stage-as-trump-and-xi-meet-9431705",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-23T22:01:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BBC World",
    "slug": "bbc-world",
    "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6gqdgg8w59xo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "During a recent meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, the two leaders discussed their ambitions for artificial intelligence (AI) supremacy. China views AI as a power-maximizing tool and sees it as a race to be the leading force in the technology, according to Rebecca Arcesati, from the Mercator Institute for China Studies. For Trump, beating China to AI supremacy outweighs any potential risks associated with the technology, which he has dismissed as a \"hoax.\"\n\nChina's foreign ministry warned that narratives of threat and confrontation hinder global AI governance, advocating for cooperation to ensure AI benefits all. The two presidents will likely discuss their AI ambitions during their meeting, and the decisions made will have implications for the entire world.\n\nThe US and China are both global leaders in AI, but their positions depend on how success is measured. American companies lead in frontier models, which boast the highest-performing systems on most benchmarks. In contrast, Chinese AI companies have focused on releasing open weight models, which are freely downloadable and adaptable. Beijing's strategy emphasizes deploying AI across its economy and leveraging the technology for economic and geopolitical gain.\n\nChina's AI industry has gained an advantage due to lower energy costs, while the US maintains an edge in leading AI companies, which are heavily invested in frontier models. The US advantage is partly attributed to the substantial investment in AI companies, which are driving the growth and projected profitability of the sector. However, China's focus on open weight models and lower energy costs could potentially enable it to gain economic and geopolitical leverage in the AI race.",
  "summary": "The US and China are vying for AI supremacy while seeking to keep it under human control.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "AI superpower ambitions take centre stage as Trump and Xi meet",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/ai-superpower-ambitions-take-centre-stage-as-trump-and-xi-meet",
        "published": "2026-09-23T22:01:17.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}