Trump Opposes AI Pause Ahead of Xi Jinping Visit

Ahead of Xi Jinping's first visit to Washington in over a decade, Trump rejected calls to slow AI development, calling AI disaster fears 'harakiri' and stating that a pause would only benefit China.

Compiled by Sergey KostenchukPublished 2026-09-24Updated 2026-09-24

2026-09-24 Business Anthropic

💼 Trump Opposes AI Pause Ahead of Xi Jinping Visit

Ahead of Xi Jinping's first visit to Washington in a decade, Trump rejected calls to slow AI and called AI disaster fears 'harakiri': a pause would only benefit China. Altman and Amodei called for a slowdown, but the US administration will not restrict them.

🌍 According to CNBC, Bessent and He Lifeng are discussing an 'AI dialogue' with an incident communication channel, but neither side wants to slow down. The summit will decide whether AI safety mechanisms will be established; sticking points are Nvidia H200 exports and 'distillation'.

👤 The frontier model race will continue without pauses — the pace of new releases will not slow. Watch for two summit outcomes: whether an AI incident communication channel will be established and whether chip restrictions will remain.

Source 1: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/23/trump-xi-meeting-ai-safety-chips-us-china-dialogue.html Source 2: https://thediplomat.com/2026/09/americas-ai-safety-dilemma-and-at-the-trump-xi-summit/

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