Bessent: US suggesting AI alert system with China ahead of Trump-Xi talks

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Today's Top Stories - September 21, 2026

Today's Top Stories - September 21, 2026

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday the U.S. is proposing a notification system between Washington and Beijing on AI amid growing concerns about the technology’s risks to humanity.

The system, called the “U.S.-China AI dialogue,” would create a mechanism for the two superpowers to communicate when there are incidents that rise to “a national security level from AI,” Bessent explained to reporters.

“We think that just like with........

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