US proposes AI incident alert system to China

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent proposed during talks in Manhattan that Washington and Beijing notify each other of AI incidents serious enough to be national security events. Export controls on AI chips and semiconductor equipment were excluded; the sides agreed to meet again on AI but set no date.

• Bessent pitched a notification channel for AI incidents, not a treaty
• Export controls on AI chips and equipment were excluded from talks
• Both sides face November 10 deadlines on tariff truce and rare-earth controls
• Xi Jinping is due at the White House on Thursday; visit unconfirmed