Work with the Chinese government to create opportunities for American AI safety technical experts to exchange proposals with Chinese counterparts.

Angus S. King, Jr. · Maine · Independent

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Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Work with the Chinese government to create opportunities for American AI safety technical experts to exchange proposals with Chinese counterparts.. Promised outcome: AI is developed in a safe and sane manner.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. In a September 17, 2026 Senate press release and letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ahead of U.S.-China meetings, King urged sustained engagement with China on shared AI safety risks.

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To ensure that AI will be developed in a safe and sane manner, we should and must work with the Chinese government to create opportunities for American AI safety technical experts to exchange proposals with their Chinese counterparts.

King called for U.S. cooperation with China to create expert exchanges on frontier AI safety risks.

King Stresses Importance of U.S.–China Engagement on AI’s “Shared Risks”
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday the U.S. has proposed a new "notification mechanism" for artificial intelligence incidents that could affect national security

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, U.S.-China talks produced a U.S. proposal for an AI incident notification mechanism. This indicates movement toward bilateral AI safety channels, but not a documented exchange of proposals between American and Chinese AI safety technical experts.

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Bessent: US proposes AI incident alert system in talks with China
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create opportunities for American AI safety technical experts to exchange proposals with their Chinese counterparts

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): King directly urged Treasury Secretary Bessent to pursue the specific expert-exchange objective. The record shows concrete advocacy, but not completed creation of such expert exchanges.

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King Stresses Importance of U.S.–China Engagement on AI’s “Shared Risks”
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%

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Public state: pending As of 2026-09-21 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. unknown A for effort

The verified commitment was to work with the Chinese government to create opportunities for U.S. and Chinese AI safety technical experts to exchange proposals. The only verified evidence shows King urging that objective, which documents effort but not the creation of such expert-exchange opportunities or direct completed work with China. With no deadline and no verified completed outcome, the promise remains unresolved.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%