Trump administration faces strategic constraints in slowing China's AI progress, including avoiding rare earth restrictions, ahead of US-China talks on AI

Ahead of US-China talks on AI, the Trump administration faces strategic constraints in curbing Chinese progress, including reluctance to impose restrictions on rare earth metals. Trump criticizes Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei for calling to slow AI development, but both agree on the need to prevent China from catching up to the US.

• US avoids rare earth restrictions for talks with China
• Trump criticizes Amodei for calling to slow AI development
• Both sides agree to prevent China from catching up in AI