The AI Race: the US and China artificial intelligence rivalry explained

AI was high on the agenda at the talks between the US President Donald Trump and China’s leader Xi Jinping, while tech leaders were out in force at the state dinner held to honour the meeting of the nations.

If the Cold War superpower contest of the 1960s was defined by the space race, perhaps this era will be defined by artificial intelligence. Today, Australia offered a stark reminder of why, revealing the first known case of a rogue AI agent hacking a government website.

We dig into the AI race between the US and China, and what’s at stake for the rest of the world.