A global AI safety strategy depends on US-China cooperation. They each see the other as the problem
A visitor stands near a display about AI during the World AI Conference in Shanghai, China on July 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
HONG KONG (AP) — As concern rises over the risks of artificial intelligence, hopes for any kind of global approach depend on cooperation between the U.S. and China — superpowers that seem only to be more skeptical of each other's AI strategy.
AI governance is expected to be on the agenda in a meeting planned for next week in Washington between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The topic has gained urgency in both countries, with American tech leaders saying that averting worst-case scenarios for rogue AI depends on a degree of cooperation with China.
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