# U.S. and China face grave AI risks, but mutual distrust stalls cooperation

https://mins.news/en/item/59563

- NBC News, 2026-09-15 16:00 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/china-ai-risks-agree-slowdown-us-tech-rcna597859

> The United States and China are both confronting safety fears as their AI capabilities advance rapidly. Yet intensifying competition and deep mutual distrust could derail the cooperation experts say is essential to prevent the strategically important technology’s greatest dangers.

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