{"slug": "us-and-china-experts-push-for-shared-rules-banning-ai-control-over-nuclear", "title": "US and China experts push for shared rules banning AI control over nuclear weapons", "summary": "Melanie Sisson of the Brookings Institution and Tianjiao Jiang of Fudan University published proposals urging the US and China to adopt shared red lines barring AI systems from autonomously launching nuclear weapons or attacking nuclear command systems, ahead of a planned September 24 meeting between Trump and Xi. The recommendations, which build on a November 2024 Biden-Xi agreement, include a shared definition of \"human control,\" sole human authority over AI-driven cyberattacks on strategic infrastructure, and a hotline for AI incidents; Carla Freeman of Johns Hopkins University questioned whether such a hotline would work, noting China did not pick up when the US called during the 2023 spy balloon crisis.", "body_md": "# US and China experts push for shared rules banning AI control over nuclear weapons\n\n**Experts from the US and China want to prevent AI systems from making autonomous decisions about deploying nuclear weapons.** Melanie Sisson of the Brookings Institution and Tianjiao Jiang of Fudan University [published specific proposals](https://www.brookings.edu/articles/advancing-human-control-of-military-ai/) ahead of a planned meeting between Trump and Xi on September 24.\n\nThe proposals spell out several red lines. No AI system should be allowed to launch nuclear weapons on its own or attack nuclear command systems. Humans must retain sole control over AI-driven cyberattacks on strategic infrastructure. Both countries should agree on a shared definition of \"human control.\" The recommendations build on an agreement Biden and Xi reached in November 2024.\n\nJiang also proposes a hotline for AI incidents. If a defensive AI system automatically responds to suspicious activity, the other side might read it as an attack. A direct line would let one government clarify that an incident was accidental before the situation escalates.\n\nThis isn't the first time someone has raised the alarm. The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) called for preserving human control over nuclear weapons [back in 2021](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-military-ai-idUSKBN29V2M0/). Binding mechanisms still don't exist, though. Carla Freeman of Johns Hopkins University questions whether such hotlines would even work. During the spy balloon crisis in 2023, China didn't pick up when the US called.\n\n```\nAI News Without the Hype – Curated by Humans\n\n\t\t\t\t\tSubscribe to THE DECODER for ad-free reading, a weekly AI newsletter, our exclusive \"AI Radar\" frontier report six times a year, full archive access, and access to our comment section.\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\tSubscribe now\n```\n\n[Brookings](https://www.brookings.edu/articles/advancing-human-control-of-military-ai/)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/us-and-china-experts-push-for-shared-rules-banning-ai-control-over-nuclear", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/us-and-china-experts-push-for-shared-rules-banning-ai-control-over-nuclear-weapons/", "published_at": "2026-09-18 09:37:03+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-18 09:55:37.862988+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-safety", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Melanie Sisson", "Brookings Institution", "Tianjiao Jiang", "Fudan University", "Donald Trump", "Xi Jinping", "National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence", "Carla Freeman"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/us-and-china-experts-push-for-shared-rules-banning-ai-control-over-nuclear", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/us-and-china-experts-push-for-shared-rules-banning-ai-control-over-nuclear.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/us-and-china-experts-push-for-shared-rules-banning-ai-control-over-nuclear.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/us-and-china-experts-push-for-shared-rules-banning-ai-control-over-nuclear.jsonld"}}