Addressing AI safety risks depends on close collaboration between the two leading AI powers, and the establishment of an incident-reporting channel is just a small step in this direction. But success will require that the US and Chinese governments actually understand what is happening under their own noses.
WASHINGTON, DC—The most concrete outcome from last month’s summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping was an apparent agreement to set up a US-China AI incident-reporting channel. But even if either government proves willing to use this direct line or start sending data across the Pacific, they must first address a more pressing issue: US and Chinese frontier AI companies currently do not provide the information they would need.
