The Regulated Vendor Pivot: Why The Trump-Xi AI Protocol Just Split Every AI Tool Into Two Camps

Stephen Diaz

Published on: 14/05/2026

Treasury Secretary Bessent confirmed today the US and China will set up a formal AI safety protocol while OpenAI proposed an IAEA-style global AI governance body anchored to CAISI. Every AI tool in your stack is about to split into Regulated, Open Weights, or Unknown. Here is the 5-day Regulated Vendor Pivot.