Bessent: US proposes AI incident alert system in talks with China
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng met in New York and discussed a new AI safety notification system. The proposed mechanism would allow US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to consider it at an upcoming summit between them. The talks represent an effort to coordinate on artificial intelligence safety between the two countries.

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Bessent: US proposes AI incident alert system in talks with China