Create an AI “red phone.” Establish a direct hotline between the U.S. and Chinese governments for urgent communication involving significant AI risks or incidents.
Establish a direct U.S.-China government hotline for urgent communication about significant AI risks or incidents.
Occurrences
Evidence
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Today, Congressmen Sam Liccardo (D-CA) and Kevin Kiley (I-CA) will introduce legislation to establish U.S.-China coordination on frontier artificial intelligence safety.
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Establish a direct hotline between the U.S. and Chinese governments for urgent communication involving significant AI risks or incidents.
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The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Treasury, Secretary of Defense, Director of National Intelligence
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we've now formalized something called the USA-China AI dialogues. We've agreed to meet again probably in two months in Shenzhen.
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we want to open a communications line, an incident line so that we have constant communications
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the U.S. has proposed a new “notification mechanism” for artificial intelligence incidents that could affect national security
Assessments
The verified commitment is to establish a direct U.S.-China hotline for urgent AI-risk communication. Verified evidence shows Liccardo announced/intended legislation that would establish such coordination and directs executive-branch involvement, which is material same-term effort, but the passages describe a proposed bill/framework rather than an enacted law or operational hotline. With no deadline expired as of 2026-09-23, effort without establishment is unresolved.