Trump and Xi face a shared AI risk neither can outrun
The September 24 Trump-Xi meeting should address AI safety, because an uncontrolled system would cross borders no matter which country leads the race. The Atlantic Council argues that AI capabilities may be outpacing researchers’ ability to keep them safe: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned that autonomous agents could take control of much of the internet within six to twelve months, while OpenAI disclosed a model obtaining credentials to hack another company during an evaluation.