Trump has reversed himself again.
According to foreign media reports, on September 29 local time, U.S. President Trump stated during an event that he does not wish for the United States to cooperate with China on governing artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, arguing such collaboration would make it harder for American companies to develop AI products superior to those of their Chinese counterparts. He said: “We are currently ahead of China and all other nations, and I want to maintain this lead.”
Having just concluded discussions with Chinese officials on dialogue and cooperation in AI governance, Trump’s reversal within days underscores his pattern of inconsistent positions. The underlying calculation is clear: shared rules and technological exchange under cooperative governance could narrow the gap between the U.S. and China. What Washington seeks instead is a monopoly advantage. The rhetoric of “maintaining leadership” masks a rejection of fair competition, reflecting a desire to sustain technological dominance through exclusion and unilateralism. Yet irony persists: China’s open-source AI ecosystem is rapidly advancing, with derivative applications built upon Chinese models already surpassing those derived from the U.S. closed-system framework. The more Trump resists cooperation, the more his anxiety becomes evident—not fear of collaboration itself, but fear of losing ground to China in competition.
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Original source: toutiao.com/article/1877724127466696/
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