When Trump or CEOs like Sam Altman advocate for American-led global AI standards, all China probably sees is the US wielding safety discussions as a way to lock in its advantage, he said. Those concerns may even render Bessent’s alert system useless in the long term if China feels that “AI safety” is a code word for suppressing Chinese AI.

AI is everywhere in China. In Hangzhou, humanoid police robots wearing fluorescent-yellow vests patrol tourist hot spots, gently admonishing jaywalkers. The Chinese AI chatbot Doubao is such a popular source of medical advice that citizens have begun to call the service “Doctor Doubao.

“The scientific, technical term is BS,” said a second person familiar with the mechanism.

Researchers are developing technology to monitor AI development without relying on trust between Washington and Beijing There are growing calls for Washington and Beijing to agree to slow down development of artificial intelligence.

Potato farmers rub shoulders with rows of gleaming new data centres as Trump and Xi meet to discuss AI safety.

Experts warn Chinese labs are using "knowledge distillation" and free software to undercut U.S. tech dominance, bypass billions in research, and supercharge cognitive warfare.

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China's Foreign Ministry called the Anthropic CEO's warning about the dangers of Chinese-developed AI "fearmongering," as the Chinese and U.S. leaders prepare to meet in Washington later this month.

China’s push for global AI supremacy is increasingly benefiting companies that supply the rest of the world, with investors favoring such stocks as fierce competition hurts their domestically focused peers.

GUANGZHOU, China, Sept. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Tec-Do, a global AI marketing technology company, announced that its Founder and CEO, Shuhao Li, has been named to Fortune China’s 2026 40 Under 40 list, joining a new generation of leaders shaping the AI economy.