Donald Trump is urging American AI companies to accelerate their development to maintain the United States’ advantage over China. The performance gap between leading US AI systems and Chinese models has narrowed to approximately 3% as of October 2026, down from 9% in May. The United States retains significant dominance at the hardware level, holding about 75% of global top AI supercomputer capacity, while China has about 15%. Trump dismissed AI safety concerns as a hoax benefiting China and announced plans for an AI Force modeled on the Space Force, along with the appointment of an AI Czar. The September summit between Trump and Xi resulted only in establishing a communication channel for AI incidents, with no cooperation agreement or development slowdown.
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