U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping finished a summit on Friday without reaching a major agreement on artificial intelligence, according to The Guardian.
The meeting, held during Xi's state visit to the United States, produced no significant AI accord, the Guardian reported. The BBC described Xi as receiving a red carpet welcome from Trump but not securing everything he had sought from the trip.
The New York Times reported that Xi used the summit to try to shift Trump's position on America's role in Asia. The Economist characterized the encounter as a display of pageantry by both leaders at a time when crises are mounting.
According to The Globe and Mail, Xi expects to meet Trump twice more before the end of the year. That report followed Xi's tour of U.S. archives during the state visit.
The summit's lack of a major AI agreement leaves one of the most closely watched areas of U.S.-China competition without a new framework between the two governments. The reporting did not specify what proposals, if any, were on the table.
What to watch next: whether the additional meetings Xi anticipates take place, and whether AI policy returns to the agenda then.
