FOCUS: AI safety looms as major Xi-Trump summit topic amid intensifying race

BEIJING - Amid an intensifying Sino-U.S. race for supremacy in the development of artificial intelligence and growing concerns over AI escaping human control, setting guardrails for the technology's use has emerged as a major agenda item for an upcoming summit of the two superpowers.

With U.S. tech leaders recently calling for a slowdown in development due to rogue AI fears, hopes are high for any bilateral cooperation on AI governance. Some observers expect Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump to at least agree on a joint surveillance framework for risk reduction.