AI Cold War Escalates Amid Global Power Play
The saga tracks the growing geopolitical battle over artificial‑intelligence models, from open‑weight releases and accusations of Chinese model‑distillation attacks to high‑level briefings at the UN. The latest episode shows US and Chinese leaders discussing AI cooperation at a Trump‑Xi dinner while major firms like Apple stay on the sidelines, leaving the conflict unresolved and intensifying scrutiny.
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Apple absent from Trump AI lunch, report says
Apple was the only major tech company not represented at a White House lunch hosted by President Donald Trump to discuss artificial intelligence. While leaders from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Google,…
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Trump and Xi discuss AI cooperation with tech leaders at state dinner
U.S. Attendees included Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, SpaceX’s Elon Musk, AMD’s Lisa Su, Apple’s Tim Cook, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, Google’s Sergey Brin, and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella. Xi’s…
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OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs brief UN Security Council on AI risks
On September 23, 2026, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei addressed the UN Security Council in a briefing organized by France, which held the council's rotating presidency. They…
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China investigates DeepSeek, Moonshot AI over alleged data routing to Anthropic's Claude
China's Cyberspace Administration (CAC) is investigating DeepSeek and Moonshot AI following Anthropic's September threat report accusing both firms of routing millions of user exchanges to its…
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US AI labs warn of Chinese distillation attacks; China says claims are groundless
U.S. frontier AI labs including Anthropic and OpenAI say Chinese companies such as Alibaba, Moonshot and DeepSeek are using large‑scale distillation of proprietary model outputs to shortcut…
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