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A Global AI Safety Strategy Depends on Cooperation. China and U.S. Each See the Other as the Problem

Any AI agreements might be superficial but a possible start to something larger.

Associated Press

Associated Press

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A Global AI Safety Strategy Depends on Cooperation. China and U.S. Each See the Other as the Problem
Photo of workers from a Chinese Ai company in July 2026 by Ng Han Guan/AP

HONG KONG, Sept. 17, 2026 (AP) — As concern rises over the risks of artificial intelligence, hopes for any kind of global approach depend on cooperation between the U.S. and China — superpowers that seem only to be more skeptical of each other's AI strategy.

AI governance is expected to be on the agenda in a meeting planned for next week in Washington between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The topic has gained urgency in both countries, with American tech leaders saying that averting worst-case scenarios for rogue AI depends on a degree of cooperation with China.

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