# AI superpower ambitions take centre stage as Trump and Xi meet

https://mins.news/en/item/71399

- BBC News, 2026-09-23 22:01 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6gqdgg8w59xo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> The US and China are competing for AI supremacy while seeking to keep the technology under human control. Donald Trump sees beating China as more important than AI risks, which he has dismissed as a hoax, while China warns that threat narratives and confrontation obstruct global AI governance. Their AI ambitions will be a key issue when Trump and Xi Jinping meet.

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