US and China agree on AI safety channel after Trump-Xi summit

The US and China agreed to establish a channel for handling AI-related incidents and accelerate military crisis communications following a three-day summit between President Trump and President Xi in Washington, the governments said Saturday. The leaders agreed to use the term "super intelligence" instead of "artificial intelligence" and scheduled an AI-specific dialogue for November. They also extended a trade truce by two months and continued cooperation through a Board of Trade that began operating this week. Analysts said the incremental steps toward institutionalized cooperation were noteworthy, though the summit produced no major breakthroughs. Both sides also addressed rare earths supply, fentanyl export controls, and agreed to meet again at APEC in November.