President Donald Trump said on Saturday (September 26, 2026) that despite a “big talk” this week with Chinese President Xi Jinping on AI, the U.S. should not join efforts with China on the technology.
We didn’t spend that much time talking about it,” he added. Mr. Because we’re leading China by a lot, and we’re going to keep it that way, “What they want to do is stop our progress.
“We had a big talk on SI,” Mr. Trump told reporters at the White House, using his preferred name of super intelligence. Trump said he did not want to “integrate” AI initiatives with China because of U.S. dominance. “I would rather not integrate because we’re leading by a lot,” he said, adding: “When you’re leading, you don’t open it up to each other”.

