The U.S. has proposed a notification mechanism with China for artificial-intelligence incidents that could pose national-security threats. The concept emerged from talks between Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, ahead of a Trump-Xi summit.
Despite intense competition in AI, officials are discussing shared concerns around high-impact failures and misuse, including cyberattacks, biological misuse and critical-infrastructure risks. The practical significance is that AI risk is beginning to acquire some of the crisis-communication machinery historically used around military and nuclear risks.