Trump to Discuss AI Guardrails with Xi in Beijing
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- Trump is expected to discuss AI guardrails with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing this week, according to U.S. officials.
- U.S. is using export controls to slow China's AI progress, but officials recognize the need for shared rules on AI deployment.
- DeepSeek is cited as a primary Chinese competitor to U.S. AI models.
- Sixteen business executives, including Elon Musk and Tim Cook, are joining Trump on the trip, but CEOs from leading AI firms are absent.
- Anthropic accused Beijing of using its Claude model to automate parts of an espionage campaign targeting about 30 global organizations.
- NSA is testing the AI system Mythos for espionage.
- Melanie Hart said that previous AI safety talks under Biden were used by Beijing mainly to gather information, and that Chinese representatives often lacked technical AI expertise.
Why it matters: The talks could give the United States a channel to curb Chinese AI‑enabled cyber threats, while China may use the dialogue to harvest technical intel, meaning AI firms on both sides face heightened scrutiny and the prospect of new, albeit tentative, security norms.
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