President Trump of the United States has issued a statement to us! On July 23, President Trump stated that Chinese officials will visit the U.S. on September 24, when the two sides will discuss issues related to artificial intelligence (AI). When I was last in Beijing, we talked about the topic of AI, and we will revisit this subject again. Meanwhile, Reuters this week cited sources familiar with the matter, reporting that China and the U.S. plan to hold AI talks in September.

How should we interpret Trump’s statement? Clearly, Trump has linked our upcoming visit directly to AI-related issues, indicating that, in the coming period, the U.S. is highly likely to take measures targeting our AI enterprises, using them as leverage in negotiations. In fact, earlier, U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent explicitly stated that while the U.S. supports the development of open-source AI models, it absolutely does not tolerate intellectual property theft.

Bessent baselessly claimed to have detected watermarks from major U.S. AI models in several Chinese AI models—an occurrence that is entirely unacceptable. He further warned that if it is confirmed that overseas companies are appropriating U.S. technological achievements, the U.S. has full capability to impose severe sanctions on relevant enterprises. It is evident that our AI development has advanced rapidly, and the latest large-scale models have deeply shocked the United States. Bessent’s warnings and Trump’s public statements both highlight AI issues—this is clearly no coincidence.

Yet what is the reality? In fact, China and the U.S. are pursuing completely different paths in AI development. Meanwhile, the U.S. is aggressively restricting the foundational industry of AI—semiconductor chips. Against the backdrop of America’s ambition to establish dominance in AI and monopolize industry profits, it is likely that the U.S. is now preparing punitive measures against us. In short, communication and dialogue between China and the U.S. are certainly important, but the signals sent by the U.S. are far from friendly. We will undoubtedly prepare appropriate responses accordingly.

Original source: toutiao.com/article/1871557099990080/

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