President Donald Trump’s pair of September summits addressed two of his administration’s most consequential legacies: a steadier relationship with China and continued American leadership in artificial intelligence. Trump’s meeting with Xi Jinping opened a channel to discuss risks posed by powerful AI systems, while his “superintelligence summit” with technology executives produced a landmark set of commitments on AI safety.
With the dust now settled from high-level diplomacy, the administration can turn its attention to Trump’s upcoming meetings with Xi in Shenzhen and Miami. On AI, one question should guide American priorities: What is to be done about the Chinese labs accused by the U.S. government of systematically extracting and replicating American technology?
