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REGULATION · 1 SOURCE · WIRED AI

US-China AI notification system not expected to be ready soon

The US has proposed an AI notification system with China—similar to a Cold War hotline—to alert each other about national-security AI incidents, but US officials say finalizing a framework could take weeks. Key details still need to be defined, including incident benchmarks, Chinese sign-on, and enforcement, and the timeline may be affected by decisions about an 'AI czar' and export policy around Nvidia H200 chips.

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REGULATION · 1 SOURCE · WIRED AI

Trump–Xi White House summit to address AI safety, trade truce and critical minerals

President Trump is scheduled to meet Xi Jinping at the White House, with a US delegation led by Scott Bessent and trade representative Jamieson Greer having met He Lifeng to set the agenda. Topics flagged for the summit include the Busan trade truce (set to expire Nov. 10), tariffs, supply chains, rare earths and minerals important for tech and defense, export controls on chips, and—according to Scott Bessent—AI safety.

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REGULATION · 2 SOURCES · WIRED AI · The Decoder

US and China begin talks on AI incident-notification mechanism

US and Chinese officials have resumed discussions under a proposed “US China AI Dialogue” to design a mechanism for notifying each other of AI incidents that could threaten national security, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said; the talks follow discussions after President Trump’s May Beijing visit and did not address recent US export controls. The meetings are intended to increase transparency between the two leading AI powers amid rising public safety concerns about frontier models.

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