Bessent says the U.S. and China may establish a channel for reporting AI incidents

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Washington and Beijing could reach agreement on how to notify each other when artificial intelligence goes wrong, showing that AI safety is becoming a bilateral security issue. He also mentioned that the Trump administration tends to rely on voluntary oversight in AI regulation. Background: Outcome documents from the White House on September 25 and China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 26 announced that both sides agreed to establish bilateral communication channels on related incidents; the proposal wording in the report comes from the interviewee. The official documents did not specify the coordinating agencies or reporting thresholds, so it cannot be confirmed from them that the channel is already operational.