Trump rejects combining US-China AI efforts

The US president said the country should not cooperate with China on the technology despite growing concerns.

x whatsapp-stroke copylink google Add Al Jazeera on Google info US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press at the White House in Washington, DC, on Saturday [Alex Wroblewski/AFP] By Al Jazeera Staff and AFP Published On 26 Sep 2026 26 Sep 2026 United States President Donald Trump has said the country will not be heeding growing calls to regulate the development of artificial intelligence.

On Saturday, as he departed the White House, Trump told reporters the US “is not going to be putting on brakes” for AI, even as US lawmakers and CEOs of some of the nation’s largest tech firms agreed on the need to slow its pace, citing its potential to put humanity at risk.