US and China Discuss AI Safety Amid Skepticism Over Genuine Pact

Amid warnings about AI dangers, the U.S. and China engaged in talks to create a 'red telephone' system for national security-related AI incidents, ahead of a summit between President Trump and Xi Jinping. Despite calls for an AI safety pact, skepticism remains about the genuineness and verifiability of such an agreement, given Trump's previous dismissals of AI safety concerns as a 'hoax.'