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2026-09-18 Cyber

We should use Reagan as a guide in handling our modern arms race with China

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-09-18 06:44|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [212 views ] Top
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1 Tech power players land seat at table for high-stakes dinner with Trump, Xi

President Donald Trump is planning to hold a state dinner next week to mark a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping, and several tech industry leaders are expected to attend.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Apple Executive Chairman Tim Cook are both reportedly planning to attend the state dinner.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is also expected to attend the event, a person familiar with the matter told FOX Business.

The tech leaders' anticipated attendance at the Trump-Xi state dinner comes at a time of geopolitical tensions, including over the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and access to both models and the chips that power them.

The U.S. and China are locked in a competition in which the two world powers are racing to develop more capable AI tools, which have been a source of tension between the countries.

China's access to specialized chips that power advanced AI models has been restricted through the U.S. government's use of export controls on advanced semiconductors, like those made by Nvidia.

Huang has been critical of those restrictions and said in May that China has "all the chips they need" despite the U.S. restrictions.

American companies like OpenAI and Anthropic have relied on using frontier models, which are proprietary and not available for use without purchasing a license, to gain their edge in the AI race. Chinese tech companies have used distillation as a means of using open-weight models to keep up with U.S. firms' frontier models.

Altman and other tech leaders have recently been discussing steps to rein in AI development to ensure the safety and alignment of those models amid concerns about their potential impact on humanity.

"It is the responsibility of the AI companies ourselves to develop the technology safely and to properly test it," Huang told reporters. "If it's not ready, just hold it back. You should go as fast as you can, but no faster than that."

Posted by Skidmark 2026-09-18 07:04|| 2026-09-18 07:04|| Front Page Top

2 WaPo’s Rogin: China Doesn’t Want AI Deal, We Have ‘Irreconcilable’ Goals, But U.S. Can Regulate and Win

Posted by Skidmark 2026-09-18 08:02|| 2026-09-18 08:02|| Front Page Top

3 As I recall, one result of Reagan's approach is that the US went from being a creditor nation to a debtor nation. Since this time around, we're already deep in the hole, I'm not sure his methods will work.

Posted by Mercutio 2026-09-18 10:17|| 2026-09-18 10:17|| Front Page Top

4 Just start lynching environmentalists.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2026-09-18 11:22|| 2026-09-18 11:22|| Front Page Top

5 The big difference is American corporate executives and leading politicians were not in bed with the Soviets like they are with the Chinese.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2026-09-18 12:25|| 2026-09-18 12:25|| Front Page Top

6 I think the Reagan model has already been being applied. Restrict resources, start arms spending race. Lotta money being thrown at AI and DC.

Posted by Jefe101 2026-09-18 19:34|| 2026-09-18 19:34|| Front Page Top

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