Trump says he discussed AI guardrails with Xi

President Trump said Friday he discussed “working together” on artificial intelligence guardrails with Chinese President Xi Jinping as policymakers in Washington debate how to manage the risks of the emerging technology.

“We talked about possibly working together for guardrails” on AI, Trump told reporters on Air Force One following his talks with Xi in China.

When asked what kind of guardrails, the president provided little specifics, stating the “guardrails that we talk about all the time.”

The topic of AI was largely expected to come up in this week’s summit to Beijing, which is racing to stay competitive with the U.S. when it comes to the development of the technology.

While the Trump administration and Chinese leaders have largely pushed forward with a pro-innovation, light-touch regulation landscape, new models like Anthropic’s Mythos are forcing Washington to rethink its strategy.

“AI is fantastic,” Trump said Friday, “So many things can happen in terms of health, medicine and operations, everything … military.”

“So many things can happen, but it’s also got some drawbacks and we’re talking about … we probably will, we’re going to work together,” he added.

The president did not explain which types of risks, but when asked by a reporter if this will mean biological, nuclear or cyber, Trump nodded yes and said, “Could be,........

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