U.S. and China agree to "super intelligence" dialogue amid AI tensions

AxiosSeptember 26, 2026en

The U.S. and China have agreed to set up a dialogue on artificial intelligence , with a communications channel to help defuse serious incidents, the White House said overnight. Why it matters: President Trump has said the main thing that matters in the AI race is beating China — but the pact acknowledges that they're serious competition, too. Driving the news: The White House released a fact sheet late Friday night with outcomes from Trump's summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The two sides agreed to refer to AI as "super intelligence" or "SI," the White House said — Trump's new and preferred term for the technology. They will create a "U.S.-China Super Intelligence (SI) Dialogue" to meet

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