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Neither Washington nor Beijing will accept AI limits that could hand the other a strategic advantage — unilateral slowdown carries too high a cost. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: China Fires Back at AI Slowdown Proposal Ahead of Trump-Xi Meeting · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:99bf1cc70890abd02e8224864acc550cebf19d3c6bb1115c657a96d1b87f2abb

This is more than a dispute between executives and diplomats. It exposes a basic problem facing U.S.-China AI coordination: both sides have incentives to talk about safety, but neither wants to accept limits that could leave the other with a strategic advantage.