Trump hails ‘very productive’ talks with China’s Xi

President Donald Trump said his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping during Xi's state visit to Washington had gone well, posting on Truth Social Friday that "tremendous things will be happening" without offering specifics. Xi's trip marked his first visit to the US in more than a decade, and Trump singled out artificial intelligence as a focus of the talks, saying Xi favored calling it "SUPER INTELLIGENCE" rather than artificial intelligence, a rebranding Trump had already told the United Nations General Assembly the US government would adopt. Thursday's state dinner drew high-profile guests including Amazon's Jeff Bezos and Tesla's Elon Musk, who sat with Trump and Xi at the main table, according to Al Jazeera.

Although Washington and Beijing are competing intensely on AI, both leaders have brushed aside pressure from parts of the US tech industry to slow its development. US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told Al Jazeera's Alan Fisher that establishing communication channels on AI remains a key challenge, comparing the need to the Cold War hotline between the Kremlin and the White House, and said a further US-China meeting on AI is expected within a month. Greer separately told US media that the talks did not address licensing for the sale of a limited quantity of advanced American-made chips, calling such technology the "crown jewels" that keep the US ahead in AI.

Summarized by PolitiKool from Al Jazeera’s reporting. Read the full story at Al Jazeera →