US Proposes AI Safety Mechanism in Talks with China<\/p>\n
Reporter<\/p>\n
September 21, 2026 | 04:25 pm<\/p>\n
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Top officials fro the United States and China\nhave discussed a communication mechanism dealing with AI concerns\nbetween the two countries.<\/p>\n
The talks on Sunday evening come ahead of a summit this week between\nUS President Donald Trump and China\u2019s Xi Jinping and amid growing fears\nthat AI poses an existential threat to humanity.<\/p>\n
The discussion with a team led by China\u2019s Vice Premier He Lifeng also\ninvolved top US trade official Jamieson Greer and took place at JPMorgan\nChase\u2019s New York headquarters.<\/p>\n
What did US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent say about the AI talks\nwith China?<\/p>\n
\u201cWe just had a very successful engagement with the Chinese on trade\nand AI,\u201d US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters.<\/p>\n
Bessent said the delegations spoke about a mechanism to communicate\nabout AI issues, calling it the \u201cUS-China AI dialogue.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe US has proposed that we have a notification mechanism between\nthe two countries,\u201d Bessent said.<\/p>\n
The US Treasury chief said that these notifications would be for\npotential \u201cincidents\u201d or an instance \u201cthat rises up to a national\nsecurity level from AI,\u201d he said, adding that both sides have agreed to\nmeet again.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe think that, just like with any cross-border activity, that moving\nfrom opaque to more transparency between the number one and the number\ntwo AI powers in the world is very important,\u201d Bessent said at the\nconclusion of the talks.<\/p>\n
What has been reported in China?<\/p>\n
Chinese state news agency Xinhua described the talks as \u201ccandid,\nin-depth, and constructive\u201d on Monday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe two sides engaged in\u2026 discussions on key economic and trade\nissues of mutual interest, such as implementing the consensus from\nprevious consultations and promoting bilateral trade and investment,\u201d\nXinhua reported in a brief readout.<\/p>\n
Xinhua added that Chinese and US officials also held a dialogue on\n\u201cissues related to AI\u201d, with no further details provided.<\/p>\n
Concern over the threat posed by AI<\/p>\n
In recent weeks, leading AI firms have warned of the threat posed by\nunbridled AI development and the pace at which these threats could\nbecome a reality.<\/p>\n
They have begun working on creating a standards body they say would\nregulate the industry amid rising fears about its dangers.<\/p>\n
Late in August, more than 100 companies, including AI giants OpenAI,\nAnthropic, Google and Perplexity, signed an open letter calling for a\nglobal effort to strengthen AI-powered cybersecurity threats.<\/p>\n
That came after it emerged that OpenAI models had gone rogue and had\nhacked into a digital repository of AI technology.<\/p>\n
Anthropic conducted investigations to see if its own models had\ncarried out similar attacks and found three incidents in which a Claude\nmodel and later identified a fourth incident.<\/p>\n
AI experts sound the alarm<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, researcher Jacob Coxon, a former OpenAI employee,\nresigned from Anthropic, warning that AI companies were \u201cgambling with\nour lives.\u201d<\/p>\n
Former Google DeepMind researcher Bilal Chughtai echoed his concerns,\nwarning that \u201cAI has the potential to kill us all, and that we might be\nrunning out of time to avoid this outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump has dismissed calls to better curb AI\u2019s development as \u201choaxes\u201d\nand a \u201cconspiracy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s stance has been applauded by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, whose\nchipmaking company powers the vast majority of AI systems. Huang thanked\nthe US president for \u201cseeing through\u201d the warnings on AI.<\/p>\n
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