AI Dominates Agenda Ahead of Xi-Trump Summit Amid China's Rapid Progress in Open-Weight Models

Artificial intelligence is set to be a major topic at the upcoming summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump. The discussion comes as China rapidly closes the AI gap, with firms like DeepSeek and Moonshot AI releasing open-weight models that rival top closed US systems at a fraction of the cost, intensifying the global AI race.