# Friedrich Merz

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## Timeline

- **2026-09**: 20+ nations sign AI safeguards statement — Albanese joined Canada's Carney, Spain's Sanchez, Germany's Merz and more than 20 signatories urging extra AI safeguards and human control, with an invitation for other nations to join.
- **2026-09**: Trump rejects 'globalist scheme' to control AI — Less than 24 hours after the statement, Trump's UN address rejected multilateral AI control, proposed renaming AI 'super intelligence,' and declared 'Whoever wins super intelligence wins.'
- **2026-09**: Albanese-Trump meet-and-greet only — The two leaders' only interaction during Albanese's week-long US visit was a brief meet-and-greet at a gala dinner — no formal bilateral meeting.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### 20+ Nations Urge Human Control of AI as US Declares 'Super Intelligence' Race
2026-09-27 01:02:19 · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 2

The September 2026 UN General Assembly opened a clear governance split: 20+ nations led by Australia, Canada, Spain and Germany called for AI safeguards and human control, while the US rejected 'globalist' regulation and recast AI as a winner-take-all 'super intelligence' race. For AI teams, this foreshadows fragmented safety standards, market-access conditions, and divergent deployment norms between a permissive US zone and a growing safeguards bloc. Expect the signatory coalition to expand and shape model release and compliance strategy.
Full story: https://getaibrief.com/story/20-nations-ai-human-control-vs-us-super-intelligence-race

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