tirsdag 22. september 2026

What’s the US–China AI ‘hotline’ that Trump plans to pitch to Xi Jinping?

The United States wants a new “notification mechanism” with China to warn each other when an artificial intelligence incident becomes serious enough to threaten national security.

The proposal, effectively an “AI hotline”, was discussed on Sunday during talks in New York between US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, before a summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in Washington, DC, this week.
The two leaders are expected to consider establishing a broader US-China dialogue on AI, including the proposed notification system, around which details remain limited.