The danger of AI is not that it will become conscious and hate us, but that it will become competent and ignore us."
—Eliezer Yudkowsky
Investment in information-processing equipment, including data centers and computer hardware, reached $752.1 billion in Q2 2026, exceeding real private residential fixed investment at $748.0 billion, as the AI boom drives the build-out despite borrowing costs.
While Beijing has formally confirmed that Trump and Xi agreed to launch intergovernmental AI dialogue during last week’s Beijing summit, Washington appears to have completely omitted mentioning this commitment in their official fact sheet.
An upcoming discussion hosted by Senator Bernie Sanders on the “existential threat of artificial intelligence” has sparked backlash from U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who criticized the senator for inviting Chinese experts to the high-profile AI safety panel.
