The China-U.S. AI Race Is Playing Out Worldwide

As New York City hosted global leaders for the United Nations General Assembly last week, Washington was consumed with Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit on Sept. 24. Artificial intelligence loomed large in both cities, with New York the epicenter of AI talks involving a wide range of global leaders, while Washington narrows its geopolitical lens to one bilateral relationship. The dichotomy is stark and raises a question: How would specific bilateral commitments between China and the United States impact each nation’s broader, existing foreign affairs strategy for AI? Washington and Beijing have developed clear—and sharply divergent—diplomatic strategies to influence…