Bessent expects US-China AI incident channel as Washington leans on voluntary oversight

DIGITIMESOctober 5, 2026en

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Washington and Beijing are likely to agree on a way to alert each other when artificial intelligence goes wrong, signaling that AI safety is becoming a bilateral security issue even as the Trump administration relies on voluntary industry pledges rather than binding rules at home. Speaking on The Axios Show on October 3, Bessent also rebuked AI executives who call for regulation, and confirmed that the government had once stepped in on a model release by Anthropic.

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