Trump Signals Hands-Off AI Stance as Xi Meeting Puts Technology Controls on Agenda

President Donald Trump said AI, which his administration has begun calling Super Intelligence (SI), would be a major topic in his Sept. 24 meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, while signaling that he wants the current policy posture left largely unchanged and the Justice Department used as a guardrail. The comment places AI competition and AI safety alongside trade and Taiwan at the center of Xi's Sept. 23-25 state visit to Washington.