U.S. Congressman Proposes International AI Safety Pact with China to Ban Self-Improving Systems

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-California), the top Democrat on the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, is seeking an international binding agreement between the United States and China to halt recursive self-improvement in artificial intelligence and establish verifiable safety monitoring standards. The proposal represents a diplomatic approach to managing AI competition risks, drawing explicit parallels to Cold War arms control negotiations.