{"slug": "us-china-need-nuclear-style-ai-safeguards-congressman-says-before-xi-trump", "title": "US, China need nuclear-style AI safeguards, congressman says before Xi-Trump summit", "summary": "US Representative Ro Khanna, ranking member of the House Select Committee on China, called for the US and China to adopt international AI safety standards modeled on atomic-era guardrails, including a ban on recursive self-improving AI and certification and inspection standards for AI models, in remarks to the South China Morning Post in New York on Monday. Khanna's comments came two days before Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to arrive in Washington to meet US President Donald Trump, with AI expected on the agenda after the two countries agreed a day earlier to establish a dialogue on the technology. \"I hope there will be an agreement between Trump and Xi Jinping to have some safety standards,\" Khanna said, adding that the leaders need a concrete framework to reach an agreement.", "body_md": "Advertisement\n\n# US, China need nuclear-style AI safeguards, congressman says before Xi-Trump summit\n\nTop Democrat on the House China committee calls for international inspections of leading AI laboratories and a ban on self-improving systems\n\n3-MIN READ3-MIN\n\n[Lucy Quaggin](https://www.scmp.com/author/lucy-quaggin)in New York\n\nThe US and China should agree on international regulatory standards for \n\n[artificial intelligence (AI)](https://www.scmp.com/topics/artificial-intelligence?pgtype=search?module=inline&pgtype=article), akin to atomic-era guardrails, said[Ro Khanna](https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3338833/california-progressive-lead-democrats-house-china-panel-seeks-economic-patriotism?pgtype=search?module=inline&pgtype=article), the ranking member of the[US House Select Committee on China](https://www.scmp.com/topics/house-select-committee-chinese-communist-party-us?pgtype=search?module=inline&pgtype=article), in New York on Monday ahead of the two countries’ high-stakes summit.\nThe remarks come two days before Chinese President \n\n[Xi Jinping](https://www.scmp.com/topics/xi-jinping?pgtype=search?module=inline&pgtype=article)is set to arrive in Washington to meet with US President[Donald Trump](https://www.scmp.com/topics/donald-trump?pgtype=search?module=inline&pgtype=article)for a closely watched summit where AI is expected to be on the agenda after the two countries agreed to establish a dialogue on the technology a day earlier.\n“I hope there will be an agreement between Trump and Xi Jinping to have some safety standards,” Khanna told the South China Morning Post. “To have a ban on recursive self-improving AI and also a certification standard and inspection standard to make sure we don’t have \n\n[AI models](https://www.scmp.com/topics/ai-companies?pgtype=search?module=inline&pgtype=article)that lose control or that are misused.”\nKhanna noted that the two leaders planned to discuss AI but said they needed a concrete framework to reach an agreement.\n\nSelect Voice\n\nSelect Speed\n\n1x\n\nAI-generated voice", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/us-china-need-nuclear-style-ai-safeguards-congressman-says-before-xi-trump", "canonical_source": "https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3368311/us-china-need-nuclear-style-ai-safeguards-congressman-says-xi-trump-summit?utm_source=rss_feed", "published_at": "2026-09-21 22:48:38+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-21 22:53:12.570473+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "ai-policy", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Ro Khanna", "US House Select Committee on China", "Xi Jinping", "Donald Trump", "United States", "China", "South China Morning Post"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/us-china-need-nuclear-style-ai-safeguards-congressman-says-before-xi-trump", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/us-china-need-nuclear-style-ai-safeguards-congressman-says-before-xi-trump.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/us-china-need-nuclear-style-ai-safeguards-congressman-says-before-xi-trump.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/us-china-need-nuclear-style-ai-safeguards-congressman-says-before-xi-trump.jsonld"}}