US and China discuss AI incident alerts amid national security fears
us and china are discussing a mechanism to notify each other of ai incidents that could threaten national security, amid growing public safety concerns and calls for regulation.
the us and china are in talks to set up a mechanism for notifying each other of ai incidents that could threaten national security, as part of the us china ai dialogue. treasury secretary scott bessent said the discussions aim to increase transparency between the two countries, which are the number one and number two ai powers in the world. the talks come amid growing public safety concerns, highlighted by recent security incidents and warnings from ai leaders about the need for safety standards. the us government is considering how to regulate the industry, while trying to temper china's advance in ai by restricting exports of advanced chips and chipmaking technology.