On Sept. 8th, American security agencies issued a joint advisory accusing six Chinese companies of extracting the capabilities of our nation’s most advanced AI models at an industrial scale.
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agencies → issue → scale
The agencies found this theft was used to form the core of the development strategy at these companies, likely with the awareness of the Chinese government.
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theft → find → government
This will be the backdrop when Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives at the White House later this week to meet with President Donald Trump.
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Jinping → arrive → Trump
The Chinese Communist Party has run this play before: steal American technology, build knock-off versions, and flood the world with it to gain economic and political power.
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Party → run → power
But artificial intelligence is poised to shape the future, and the stakes are too high to allow Beijing to replay its historical playbook in the AI race.
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Beijing → poise → race
The future of global AI must be American models built on American values.
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future → build → values
American companies build safeguards to keep their systems from being used for cyberattacks or weapons development.
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companies → build → cyberattacks
A Chinese lab that cuts corners on security puts American banks, hospitals, and power plants at risk, because they sit on the same internet.
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they → cut → internet
So America has two critical missions at this moment: stay ahead in the AI race, and make China play by rules that protect our national security.
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that → stay → security
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has noted the administration is open to talks with China on avoiding shared risks.
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administration → note → risks
Despite China’s history on these issues and the events of Sept. 8th, he’s right to open that door.
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he → ’ → door
The reason is Trump is the only world leader who could possibly get China to an agreement.
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who → get → agreement
Ronald Reagan called the Soviet Union an evil empire and then signed the treaty that eliminated an entire class of nuclear missiles, because he negotiated from strength, then verified.
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he → call → strength
Trump walks into this summit holding the cards.
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Trump → walk → cards
America controls the chip supply chain, the strongest frontier models, and the world’s smartest AI researchers.
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America → control → chain
If China is indeed willing to come to the table, the administration has the opportunity to demand four key pillars that would make for an historic agreement.
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that → come → agreement
First, the most powerful models should be tested before release for the capabilities that matter to national security: major cyberattacks, weapons development, and operating beyond human oversight.
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that → test → oversight
That includes models still in development inside the labs.
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That → include → labs
Every containment failure disclosed this year happened to models the public had never used.
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public → disclose → models
The weights of the most capable models should be protected against insiders, foreign adversaries, cartels, and terrorists.
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weights → protect → insiders
Third, humans must remain in control of AI.
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humans → remain → AI
Autonomous agents must be monitored, audited, and able to be shut off.
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agents → monitor → ?
When something goes wrong with AI from either country, the other government hears about it immediately.
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government → go → it
Finally, AI theft ends now.
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theft → end → ?
If it does not, the six companies named in the advisory should lose access to American cloud services, capital, and customers.
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companies → do → services
And we don’t just take China’s word for it.
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Export controls on advanced chips remain where they are, and the U.S. verifies compliance.
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U.S. → remain → compliance
America became the world’s leader in aviation, pharmaceuticals, and space by pairing relentless innovation with standards that earned public confidence, and the world adopted our standards because they were the best.
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they → become → standards
Trump understands that the same trust-building requirements will be true for AI, and his AI framework and executive orders reflect it.
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framework → understand → it
The frontier labs have had years to write their own rules and follow them.
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labs → have → them
Washington should now treat this technology as powerful as the industry and investors say it is, without burdening little tech and without hindering innovation.
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it → treat → innovation
At the Alliance for a Better Future, we start from optimism.
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we → start → optimism
The United States is winning this race.
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States → win → race
Americans want AI that creates good jobs, protects their children, and strengthens our national security.
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that → want → security
They hope it will provide prosperity; they rightly demand it be safe and trustworthy.
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it → hope → prosperity
This week, Trump has an historic opportunity before him.
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Trump → have → him
He can stop the Chinese from stealing our AI tech, show that American AI will be trustworthy, make others follow the same safeguards we put in place here, and truly unleash a new Golden Age for all Americans.
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we → stop → Americans
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