The U.S. and China Want a Crisis Hotline for the AI Race – The National CIO Review

The U.S. and China Want a Crisis Hotline for the AI Race  The National CIO Review

The U.S. and China are exploring a new way to manage serious AI incidents before they turn into national-security problems. Ahead of Donald Trump and Xi Jinping’s Sept. 24 White House meeting, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng met in New York, where the U.S. proposed a system for alerting each other when an AI incident crosses a national-security threshold. Competition over AI development remains intense, with disputes over advanced chips and model distillation unresolved. However, concerns about dangerous uses of AI have created some room for cooperation. The summit will also cover trade and critical minerals, tying the AI conversation to the technology supply chain.

Why It Matters: The talks may help establish when a technical AI incident becomes a government concern. A notification system would set expectations around which events require disclosure and how governments communicate when something goes wrong. Those rules could eventually shape how companies building models or supplying AI infrastructure handle serious incidents. Go Deeper -> US proposes AI incident alert system in talks with China, Bessent says – AP News Trump and Xi are meeting at the White House with the AI race at the center of talks – Quartz Bessent calls meeting with China Vice Premier He Lifeng ‘successful’ ahead of Trump-Xi summit – CNBC Cybersecurity updates, executive insights,