Slowdown, climbdown or meltdown, Asia sits on AI’s fault line
US downshift in AI spending may give China a competitive boost, but would also send Korea, Taiwan and Japan reeling
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Trump-Xi summit will at best build trust and create channels, but neither side has any interest in decelerating its AI development
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PLA’s newspaper refers to running robots as ‘combatants’ in call for researchers to move the machines to military training grounds
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Controls that leave AI actors free to decide what they restrict can attract widespread agreement without requiring much restraint
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