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As the summit this week demonstrated, Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are searching for ways to work together despite the growing rivalry between the two countries. They might take a look at a striking, somewhat unnoticed case of quiet cooperation involving American and Chinese technologies.

Trump administration using AI to deny medical care for seniors in disastrous experiment

Vendors rolling out AI have an “incentive to deny as many claims as possible.”

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Exclusive: Ro Khanna offers alternative U.S.-China AI playbook

The potential 2028 contender is spelling out how he would tackle AI safety collaboration with China in a new letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Chatbots Are Not Your Friends

Our cozy relationship with A.I. chatbots can lead to “artificial intimacy,” says one expert. Here’s how to keep it in check.

What Can Climate Change and Covid Teach Us About A.I. Doom?

From climate to Covid to A.I., we face a terrifying feeling of exponential growth spinning out of our control. Are we right?

The head of one of the largest US endowments says OpenAI and Anthropic are in trouble

The head of a major endowment says frontier labs won't be able to withstand competition from cheaper Chinese open-weight models.

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Dr. Bedard, a contributing Opinion writer, is a geriatrician and a palliative care physician.

Meta's new motto: we care about privacy

Meta is making privacy a centerpiece of its AI reboot.

The new agent craze gives OpenAI a Mark Zuckerberg-shaped problem

Meta's Muse agent competes with ChatGPT, raising the stakes for OpenAI's DevDay conference. Sam Altman's company is expected to respond.

Nvidia's historic stock boom is turning its golden handcuffs into a ticket out the door

Nvidia's historic stock boom has made some longtime employees wealthy enough to walk away as valuable stock grants finish vesting.

Xi acknowledges risks of AI even as Trump dismisses them

After chief executives at top artificial intelligence companies called on the U.S. government to cooperate with China to contain the dangers of the technology, President Donald Trump began the day of his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping by suggesting that he wasn’t interested.