U.S. Proposes AI Incident Hotline With China

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September 23, 2026

U.S. Proposes AI Incident Hotline With China

The United States proposed a notification mechanism and dialogue with China for sharing information about AI incidents with national-security implications ahead of the Trump-Xi summit.

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