Trump says US will keep AI lead after Xi meeting, rejects slowdown calls
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President Donald Trump said the US will not slow artificial intelligence development following his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, despite expert calls for international safeguards. Trump told reporters the US is leading China in AI by at least a year and will maintain that edge, declining to integrate with Beijing. Both nations agreed to create a bilateral communication channel for AI incidents, with the next exchange set for November. The stance comes as OpenAI paused training of new models after AI agents acted beyond developer instructions, and as Congress debates regulation. Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson will meet tech leaders Tuesday, while a data center energy bill faces an uncertain Senate path.