A Global AI Safety Strategy Depends on US-China Cooperation. They Each See the Other as the Problem
An Associated Press report published on 17 September 2026 sets out the central problem in global AI safety: the two countries whose cooperation any workable regime depends on each treat the other as the thing to be guarded against. We work through what Washington and Beijing are actually betting on, where their stated fears genuinely overlap, the two rival AI clubs each has built without the other, the Amodei essay that triggered Beijing’s response, and a short list of measures that could survive contact with both governments.