Is this an actual AI pause summit?
Lot of folks here like to point at Bernie's meaningless opining, but this is by far the most concerning pause statement I have read in a long time:
"The U.S. can talk to China about AI because “we are in the lead,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC, as the countries unveiled a protocol on best practices for the rapidly improving technology.
“The two AI superpowers are gonna start talking. We’re gonna set up a protocol in terms of how do we go forward with best practices for AI to make sure non-state actors don’t get a hold of these models,” Bessent told Joe Kernen on Thursday, on the sidelines of President Donald Trump’s two-day meeting in Beijing with Chinese President Xi Jinping."
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/14/us-china-ai-rules-bessent-us-lead.html