@rohanpaul_ai: Washington has proposed an AI incident-alert channel with Beijing for events serious enough to threaten national securi…
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Washington has proposed an AI incident-alert channel with Beijing to enhance transparency on AI-related incidents affecting national security, emerging from recent talks but not yet accepted by China.
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Washington has proposed an AI incident-alert channel with Beijing for events serious enough to threaten national security.
The proposal emerged from Sept. 20 talks in New York and would create a recurring US-China AI Dialogue around shared risks.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the notification system would cover AI-related incidents reaching a national-security threshold, aiming to increase transparency between the countries.
Beijing’s official readout confirms “dialogues on AI-related issues” but does not say China accepted Washington’s specific notification mechanism.
So far, this remains a proposal rather than a bilateral safety pact, treaty, or commitment to slow frontier-model development.
- Here you see U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaking directly to reporters after meeting Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng. Bessent said:
(The video carried by Yahoo Taiwan, full source link, in comment)
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