Rep. Ro Khanna has sent letters to Chinese AI firms and the ODNI requesting information on safety protocols, recursive self-improvement, and potential international treaties to mitigate catastrophic AI risks. The initiative seeks to address concerns regarding the rapid development of superintelligence and the lack of adequate safety oversight in both the US and China.
The push for a US-China AI treaty highlights a growing rift between legislative safety advocates and executive leaders focused on maintaining a competitive edge. While Khanna and Senator Bernie Sanders emphasize the existential risks of superintelligence, the Trump super intelligence executive order and House Speaker Mike Johnson appear prioritized on avoiding regulations that might stifle innovation or cede leadership to China. For the streaming and tech ecosystem, this tension suggests that while formal treaties remain a long shot, increased scrutiny of AI distillation and safety benchmarks is inevitable. Watch for the ODNI response to Khanna's inquiry, which will signal how the intelligence community views the technical feasibility of international AI monitoring.
As global regulators grapple with these risks, the European Commission approves new framework for AI Act transparency requirements to ensure that high-risk systems remain accountable to public oversight. Meanwhile, the IETF AI agent certification protocol is emerging as a potential technical standard for verifying the safety of autonomous systems, supported by mandatory global AI regulation efforts. These developments occur as EU US and China diverge on the fundamental approach to governing emerging technologies, while industry groups like the IAB AI transparency framework work to address synthetic media standards.
Representative Ro Khanna is advocating for a formal US-China AI treaty to mitigate existential risks from superintelligence and recursive self-improvement. By requesting safety documentation from firms like DeepSeek and Alibaba, Khanna aims to address potential catastrophic failures, highlighting a growing divide between legislative safety concerns and current executive-level AI policy.
Khanna is pushing for a treaty to mitigate catastrophic risks associated with superintelligence and recursive self-improvement, which he believes current executive-level dialogues fail to address.
Representative Ro Khanna sent formal inquiries to DeepSeek, Alibaba, and Moonshot AI regarding their safety protocols and inspection commitments.
Recursive self-improvement is a milestone where AI systems autonomously upgrade their own capabilities, which Khanna's proposal seeks to ban.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has been asked to evaluate the U.S. government's ability to respond if a domestic AI lab loses control of its autonomous agents.
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