One signal

AI safety is expected to feature in talks between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, with neither side currently signalling that it wants to slow development, CNBC reports.

Why it matters

The meeting matters because it places frontier AI alongside chips and US-China relations, rather than leaving safety as a private argument between labs and researchers. Analysts told CNBC that recent fears about AI will be a key focus for the two leaders. That is a useful shift in venue, although an agenda item is not yet a policy. The question now is whether the summit produces practical cooperation, tougher technology controls or simply another room where everyone agrees AI is important before returning to business as usual.

Discuss: Should AI safety be negotiated as part of US-China diplomacy, or would tying it to chip and trade politics make meaningful safeguards less likely?

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