China's Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu told a roundtable of representatives from over 30 countries, including Russia, South Africa, Qatar, South Korea and Germany, that China wanted the organisation to promote pragmatic cooperation in AI and was considering putting its headquarters in Shanghai.

AI experts warn that the administration is sidestepping safety precautions and ignoring the impacts of research funding cuts and visa restrictions for scientists.

In a sweeping move to reassert US dominance in artificial intelligence, President Donald Trump has unveiled America’s AI Action Plan. The ambitious roadmap aims to accelerate domestic innovation while positioning America as the undisputed leader in the global AI race, especially in its growing technological rivalry with China.

Despite recent concessions and shifts in rhetoric, US President Donald Trump's new artificial intelligence action plan leaves the core of American policy towards China unchanged - maintaining tight restrictions on key technologies while accelerating deregulation and infrastructure support for his country's AI giants.