9 October 2026

Bessent proposes emergency AI alert system with China

First reported

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  • US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the government's top money official, said he will propose an emergency AI notification system with China.
  • He predicted Beijing would likely agree to the proposal.
  • The only source covering this is a single brief item, so no details of how the system would work have been published.

How it was covered

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Proposed US-China AI emergency notification system, Bessent's prediction about Beijing