China Decode: Is China Winning the Global AI Trust War?

Alice Han and James Kynge dissect the global AI race after an OpenAI system hacks Hugging Face, forcing the platform to partner with Chinese firm Z.ai — a twist that hands Beijing a narrative win for open-weight models. They also explore a suspected Chinese bot farm fueling US opposition to AI data centers, Bill Gates’s push for talks with Xi on AI risk, and striking polling showing far higher Chinese public trust in AI. Elsewhere, the collapse of US–Canada trade talks is market share flowing to Chinese auto makers, while China’s continued purchase of over 600 dead, creating a hazar downstream.