US-China AI hotline delayed, not scrapped
us and china plan ai notification system but expect delays in finalizing agreement. this affects national security issues related to ai.
the us and china are working on establishing an ai notification system to alert each other about national security issues related to ai. treasury secretary scott bessent and chinese vice premier he lifeng announced the proposal, but officials expect it to take several weeks to finalize an agreement. the system aims to address growing concerns around rapidly developing capabilities of frontier ai models. trump officials are targeting a framework for the system to be functional by the time bessent next meets with lifeng in two months' time in shenzhen, china. the discussions also involve establishing benchmarks for national security issues and enforcement measures.