High-stakes trip to China, AI debate hits Cannes

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<span>Stories: From President Trump’s visit to China to AI making headlines at the Cannes Film Festival…this is AI Weekly.</span><span>:: AI Weekly</span><span>President Donald Trump says he will ask Chinese President Xi Jinping to be “open” to U.S. business as he heads to a summit in Beijing.</span><span>He also added NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang to the group of CEOs accompanying him.</span><span>President Trump is embarking on a visit to China, the first by a US president in about 10 years.</span><span>The CEOs accompanying President Trump are primarily from companies such as Nvidia that are seeking to resolve business issues with China.</span><span>It has struggled to get regulatory approval to sell its powerful H200 AI chip there.</span><span>//</span><span>OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has rejected Elon Musk’s claims that he has betrayed the ChatGPT maker’s founding mission to serve the public interest.</span><span>Testifying for the first time in the landmark trial, Altman said Musk was the one trying to seize control of OpenAI and make money from it.</span><span>After Musk sued Altman and OpenAI, Musk took the stand in his own defense.</span><span>The trial, now in its third week, could decide the future of OpenAI and its leadership, which is preparing for an IPO that could value the business at $1 trillion.</span><span>//</span><span>Spain plans to press ahead with new rules to make social networks and AI more secure despite intense lobbying from the tech industry, Digital Transformation Minister Óscar López told Reuters on the issue.</span><span>“The Spanish Prime Minister was one of the first, if not the first, to raise the alarm about what is happening: a mental health pandemic among our sons and daughters, with cases of cyberbullying, sexual harassment, and AI sexual deepfakes targeting children, especially girls.”</span><span>His comments echoed those of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen…</span><span>The commission said the upcoming Digital Integrity Act will target addictive and harmful design practices by companies.</span><span>//</span><span>Walmart is considering further consolidation of its global technology and AI product teams, and plans to cut or relocate approximately 1,000 employees.</span><span>The Wall Street Journal reported this, citing a person familiar with the situation.</span><span>Under a new CEO and restructured leadership team, the world’s largest retailer is ramping up its AI-driven digital transformation…</span><span>This is to compete with Amazon, Costco, and Aldi.</span><span>//</span><span>Demi Moore urged the film industry to find ways to work with AI instead of continuing to fight a losing battle.</span><span>Her comments were made at a press conference ahead of the opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival.</span><span>“AI is here. So in a sense, fighting AI is fighting a battle that we lose. So I think finding ways to work with AI is a more worthwhile path to take.” </span><span>Generative AI competitions are not allowed at this festival.</span><span>But conversations about the role of technology in filmmaking have become a central theme at a festival that positions itself as the gatekeeper of cinematic quality. </span>



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