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The Sydney Morning Herald
· collected 2026-09-17 · by The Herald's View
US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will discuss artificial intelligence during their upcoming meeting in Washington, amid growing concerns from researchers about the technology's risks. Leading AI figures like Dario Amodei of Anthropic have called for slowing down AI advancements to prevent potential catastrophic outcomes, urging both nations to collaborate on safety measures. While China’s stance is less clear compared to Silicon Valley’s alarmism, Beijing still holds significant influence over global AI development. The article suggests that despite political tensions and mistrust, the US and China need to cooperate urgently to establish international guardrails for AI technology before it outpaces human understanding and control capabilities.
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US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are set to meet in Washington next week amid growing concerns over artificial intelligence (AI). The meeting comes at a critical time as AI development poses significant risks. Recently, Jacob Coxon, an Anthropic researcher, warned about the potential dangers of AI, stating it could be catastrophic by the end of this decade. Following this, Anthropic’s chief Dario Amodei published an essay advocating for slowing down AI development to prevent systems from outpacing our understanding and control capabilities. Trump responded on social media, suggesting a strong president is needed to manage AI risks, implying the U.S.A has such leadership in abundance. However, he also expressed concern over what he perceived as a conspiracy against AI, data centers, and suggested only China benefits from this situation. This summit between Trump and Xi presents an opportunity for both nations to discuss and potentially agree on measures to mitigate the risks associated with advanced AI technologies.
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But ignoring their recent safety warnings would be foolish; the need for effective international AI guardrails has become essential.
left Advocates for collective action and regulation.
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That will require the US and China to co-operate – as Visentin points out, their AI dominance means “the rest of the world is largely resigned to watching from the sidelines and hoping these two powers get it right”.
left Emphasizes the necessity for international cooperation.
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Trump seems to think that any safeguards will give China the edge over America in the global AI race.
right Implies skepticism towards regulation as it benefits competitors.
Leaning score -0.35 for article 15559 (high confidence, 3 verified quotes) · logged 2026-09-17
There will be plenty for US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to talk about when they meet in Washington next week.
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they → talk → Washington
Their summit comes at a critical juncture in the development of AI, the most consequential technology of our time.
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summit → come → time
First Jacob Coxon, a young researcher at leading AI firm Anthropic, resigned from his job and declared on social media that “the people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade”.
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it → lead → decade
A few days later, Anthropic’s chief, Dario Amodei, published an essay that argued “we must pace” the AI frontier.
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we → publish → frontier
He warned AI “could outrun our ability to understand and control these systems” if left unchecked.
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AI → warn → systems
Amodei said development of AI models should be slowed and called on the world’s twin AI superpowers – US and China – to come up with an agreement to mitigate the most acute risks connected to AI.
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development → say → AI
The bosses of two rival AI firms, Sam Altman from OpenAI and Elon Musk from Grok, rallied behind Amodei’s proposal.
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bosses → rally → proposal
The views of China’s leading AI researchers are less clear.
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views → lead → researchers
The Herald’s China correspondent, Lisa Visentin, reports that Beijing does not appear to view AI as an existential threat to humanity in the same terms as some in Silicon Valley, but there are indications that influential figures within the Chinese government are concerned about potential threats.
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figures → report → threats
There are understandable suspicions about claims made by the new-age tech kings who control big AI firms, given their vested interests.
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who → be → interests
But ignoring their recent safety warnings would be foolish; the need for effective international AI guardrails has become essential.
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need → ignore → guardrails
That will require the US and China to co-operate – as Visentin points out, their AI dominance means “the rest of the world is largely resigned to watching from the sidelines and hoping these two powers get it right”.
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it → require → sidelines
Trump and Xi discussed starting an “intergovernmental dialogue” on AI when they met last May, but that produced limited results.
The meeting in Washington is a golden opportunity for the two leaders to build on those earlier discussions and make real progress towards an AI risk-reduction framework.
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leaders → discuss → framework
Unfortunately, Trump seems to think that any safeguards will give China the edge over America in the global AI race.
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safeguards → seem → race
He responded to Amodei’s essay with a social media post saying: “The only control or ‘guardrails’ that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades!”
Trump continued “there is a SICK conspiracy going on” against AI and data centres and “the only one that is happy about it is China”.
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that → respond → it
President Xi may also find it difficult to resist labelling American proposals to “pace the frontier” a strategy to contain China’s AI development.
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it → find → development
A sensible international agreement about AI guardrails has become imperative.
But will Trump and Xi be up to the task?
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Trump → become → task
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