New Bipartisan AI Safety Bill  Will Move U.S. and China Beyond the “Red Phone”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – 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.
The proposal advances that work on two tracks: clearing legal barriers so that top American experts in AI labs, companies, universities, think tanks, and other technical experts can engage directly with Chinese counterparts, while directing the State Department and the rest of the Administration to pursue negotiations with China on binding, verifiable safeguards.  As Congressman Liccardo put it, “A lot of technical work must begin now, before political leadership can ever fruitfully meet at the negotiating table. Both nations will need to forge shared safety metrics, rigorous evaluation protocols, standardized testing, and critical verification mechanisms.” This proposal focuses on developing routine U.S.-Chinese communication at the technical level to prevent critical incidents from developing.  “By establishing red lines now,” Liccardo added, ”we can avoid the need for red phones later.”
“The AI industry has focused on running faster, but no human wins a race to superintelligence that exceeds human control,” said Liccardo. “We don’t talk to the Chinese because we trust them or agree with them; we shouldn’t and don’t.  We talk to the Chinese because—as with the USSR during the Cold War—all of our lives depend on it.”
The framework would:
Read the full framework here .