{"slug": "china-fears-drive-polarization-on-ai-regulations", "title": "China Fears Drive Polarization On AI Regulations", "summary": "A new Politico Poll found that 63% of respondents believe there is a real possibility AI could destroy humanity, yet Americans are split on regulation, with many of President Donald Trump's voters prioritizing a lead over China. The poll indicates broad recognition of serious risks from frontier AI models alongside competing concerns about international competition.", "body_md": "A new Politico Poll finds that Americans “broadly recognize serious risks from frontier AI models, but many — particularly President Donald Trump’s voters — also prioritize maintaining a lead over other countries, including China.” “Even as 63% of the poll’s respondents said there’s a real possibility that AI could destroy humanity, they’re split on whether […]", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/china-fears-drive-polarization-on-ai-regulations", "canonical_source": "https://politicalwire.com/2026/09/17/china-fears-drive-polarization-on-ai-regulations/", "published_at": "2026-09-17 11:01:26+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-17 11:24:07.754788+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-safety", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Politico", "Donald Trump", "China"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/china-fears-drive-polarization-on-ai-regulations", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/china-fears-drive-polarization-on-ai-regulations.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/china-fears-drive-polarization-on-ai-regulations.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/china-fears-drive-polarization-on-ai-regulations.jsonld"}}