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The World in Brief from The Economist
Trump accuses China of election interference; Xi calls for AI co-operation, and more
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Donald Trump accused China of helping to rig America’s elections. Also, Xi Jinping told an audience at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai that AI development should be a “symphony of international co-operation”.
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