US and China discuss an AI incident hotline — but who answers the call?

jeremyakahn · x · 2026-09-23

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng discussed setting up a Washington-Beijing hotline for AI incidents with national security implications. Fortune's Jeremy Kahn argues the hotline may do little against the AI risks safety researchers worry most about. The column also notes Anthropic and OpenAI releasing cheaper models and Trump creating an 'AI Force.'

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