U.S. and China pursue guardrails to stop AI rivalry from spiraling into crisis

Washington and Beijing are weighing the launch of official discussions about artificial intelligence, said people familiar with the matter, as their AI competition threatens to become the arms race of the digital era.

The deliberation comes as the White House and the Chinese government are considering putting AI on the agenda for a summit next week in Beijing between President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

Establishing official discussions on AI would mark the start of U.S.-China engagement about the issue under the current Trump administration, reflecting a recognition that the rush to produce more powerful AI models could trigger a crisis neither government has the means to manage. The Biden administration started a dialogue with China, but it yielded limited results, and since then the risks have grown.

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