Trump Rebuffs AI Regulation Framework at Xi Jinping Summit

US President Donald Trump has made it clear that his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping will not yield any meaningful framework for regulating artificial intelligence (AI). In a Truth Social post, Trump referred to advanced AI as 'super intelligence' and stated that he is comfortable leaving the matter unregulated, relying on the Department of Justice to serve as a guardrail against potential issues.

This stance aligns with China's preference for developing AI first and regulating it later. The Washington summit, held September 23-24, marked a follow-up to a meeting in Beijing back in May where Trump and Xi discussed a framework for AI 'standard guardrails' and the export of Nvidia H200 chips.

Trump's pre-summit comments confirmed what many suspected: regulatory conversation was dead on arrival. He views aggressive AI regulation as a competitive handicap, and his argument suggests that enforcement would come after problems emerge rather than through preventive rulemaking.