US and China agree to AI incident communication channel after summit

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China and the United States agreed to establish a bilateral communication channel for artificial intelligence incidents following a Washington summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, which yielded limited concrete breakthroughs. The White House confirmed the AI hotline agreement on Friday, with Chinese state media corroborating it Saturday. The summit also produced deals including China importing at least 10 million metric tons of US coal in 2027-2028 and favorable tariff treatment for $30 billion of non-sensitive goods in each direction. The leaders confirmed further meetings at the APEC summit in Shenzhen in November and the G20 forum in Miami in December. Xi emphasized AI must develop under human control, contrasting with Trump's dismissal of AI threats, while both sides framed the visit as easing superpower tensions.


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