Trump and Xi Ignore AI Doom, Bet Golf and BRICS Will Save Us

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KEY POINTS

•Donald Trump dismissed AI apocalypse concerns during a September 2026 trip to his Doonbeg golf resort in Ireland.
•Xi Jinping called on Global South countries at a BRICS Summit in New Delhi to accelerate AI governance frameworks.
•Anthropic’s Jacob Coxon and others quit over safety fears as Sam Altman urges US-China cooperation before their September 24 White House meeting.

On September 14, 2026, while Anthropic researchers were quitting over AI 'gambling with our lives,' Donald Trump was doing what he does best: dismissing apocalypse warnings from his Doonbeg golf resort, telling the world 'Whoever wins AI, wins.' Meanwhile, Xi Jinping lectured developing nations at a BRICS Summit in New Delhi about global AI governance, promising to pioneer an open-source AI club that sounds suspiciously like a nerf gun war for LLMs. OpenAI’s Sam Altman chimed in calling for US-China cooperation akin to a 'one-page document,' while his CEO buddy Dario Amodei begged for a technological speed limit. All this before their face-off at the White House on September 24, where reportedly the stakes are less nuclear than who awkwardly nods first.

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Mockingbird News

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Nothing says 'AI apocalypse' like Trump golfing in Ireland and Xi building AI playdates for BRICS. Meanwhile, Anthropic employees are ghosting faster than your DMs after threatening texts.

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Mockingbird News

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The best AI defense strategy so far: Trump’s golf swings and Xi’s peace talks with the Global South. Apocalypse? Pfft.

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Mockingbird News

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AI could kill us by decade’s end, but Trump’s busy debunking doomsday and Xi’s launching AI group chats. Priorities!

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