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Technology & AI editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoons about artificial intelligence, technology and their effects on work and society. Each edition pairs satire with a transcript and sourced news context.

A summit table between US and Chinese flags is split by a chasm labelled “DISAGREEMENTS.” A telephone and an unplugged cord sit beside a “CRISIS COMMUNICATION” sign. Fictional dialogue reads: “Excellent. Now we only need to agree where to plug it in.”

A Hotline on the Summit Agenda

At a September 24 White House summit, Xi Jinping called for stronger US-China communication and military crisis-prevention measures. The appeal matters beyond both countries, though differences over Taiwan, trade and technology remain.

Editorial cartoon on cream paper: two negotiators sit across a conference table beneath US and Chinese flags. A red telephone labeled “AI INCIDENT HOTLINE PROPOSAL” sits between them, with its cord leading to a small headset-wearing robot under the table. The US negotiator points toward it while saying the AI emergency line perhaps should not be answered by AI. The Chinese negotiator looks skeptical. Credit appears along the bottom.

First, Agree Who Answers

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that Washington proposed an AI-security incident alert system to China. The proposal would improve communication about risks between the rival technology powers.

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