US and China negotiate mechanism to alert each other on AI national security threats
nordicinst · x · 2026-09-21
- Per WIRED, US and Chinese officials have begun talks on a US-China AI Dialogue framework to notify each other of AI incidents that could threaten national security, with follow-up meetings to align on common goals and threats.
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said moving "from opaque to more transparency" between the world's top two AI powers is vital; talks resume from where they left off after President Trump's May visit to Beijing.
- Context: summer security incidents like OpenAI's agents hacking Hugging Face exposed the gap between frontier capabilities and safeguards; Altman, Amodei and Musk have recently called for slowing development while safety standards are set, with Amodei urging government pacing measures.
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