U.S. Proposes an AI National-Security Alert Channel With China Before Trump-Xi Summit

The United States has proposed a notification system that would let Washington and Beijing warn each other when an artificial intelligence incident rises to a national-security threat. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent outlined the idea on Sunday after talks in New York, and said it would sit inside a new U.S.-China AI dialogue for President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping to consider when they meet on Thursday. Beijing has confirmed that AI was discussed. It has not publicly accepted the alert channel.