# US proposes AI incident notification channel with China

_Published Monday, September 21, 2026 at 7:07 AM EDT · AI, Policy, Security · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

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The United States has proposed that Washington and Beijing notify each other when an artificial-intelligence incident rises to the level of a national security event. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent raised the idea with Chinese officials during talks in Manhattan and described it as a communications channel rather than a treaty.

China has not accepted the proposal or described how such a mechanism would work. The parties agreed to hold further AI talks, but set no date, place or format; US controls on AI chips and semiconductor equipment were excluded from the discussion.

## Sources

- [The Next Web](https://thenextweb.com/news/us-china-ai-incident-alert-bessent-he-lifeng)

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Published: 2026-09-21T11:07:24.625Z
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