Anthony Albanese says "the US is essential ahead of China" in AI race

During a U.S. visit, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met Apple chairman Tim Cook in California and planned to attend the U.N. General Assembly in New York to discuss cross-border AI guidelines and Australia’s online-safety measures. Asked about President Donald Trump’s opposition to delaying artificial-intelligence advances amid rivalry with Beijing, Albanese said he hoped Trump’s coming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping would yield progress, called the two countries major powers, and said mid-sized nations such as Australia had a part to play. Albanese also discussed Trump’s view of the U.S.-China technology contest. He said Trump would act for American interests but argued all nations should weigh the well-being of people worldwide, and he supported artists’ control over material used to train AI after reports that OpenAI and Anthropic pressed the government to relax its position.