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The United States and China have agreed to establish a formal bilateral framework for addressing artificial intelligence (AI) security risks, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday, according to the source report.
“We have now formalized something called the USA-China AI Dialogues,” Bessent said, adding that the two sides had agreed to reconvene in two months in Shenzhen, southern China.
The announcement followed a 12-hour negotiating session on Sunday between Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng at the “JPMorgan Chase” headquarters in Manhattan. The talks were held to determine working arrangements ahead of a planned White House summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Bessent said that although the two leaders maintain strong personal ties, officials from both countries spent the day turning that relationship into practical working-level agreements.
Hotline planned for AI-related incidents
A central part of the discussions was the creation of a dedicated crisis hotline to help prevent technological failures from escalating.
“We want to open a communications line, an incident line, so that we have constant communications, especially in the event of some kind of an incident,” Bessent said.
He said the next stage would be to establish shared protocols for critical threats, including uncontrollable autonomous agents and the proliferation of cyber and biological weapons by non-state actors.
Bessent rejects legal immunity for AI developers
Addressing domestic policy, Bessent rejected calls by leading AI developers for federal legal immunity. He also warned about the potentially existential risks posed by advanced systems.
Bessent criticized AI laboratories that cite a 10% risk of catastrophic collapse while simultaneously lobbying for liability protections. He said such exemptions could benefit private companies at the expense of the American public.
According to Bessent, US strategy should move beyond simply expanding the capabilities of commercial AI models and focus more strongly on strengthening national defence structures. He cited federal initiatives such as the Gold Eagle workshop, which aims to improve resilience alongside rapid growth in the private sector.
