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US lawmaker asks Chinese AI firms about incident preparedness after OpenAI hack

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Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Select Committee on China, sent letters to a US intelligence agency and Chinese AI companies including DeepSeek, Alibaba, and Moonshot AI, asking whether they are prepared for AI incidents like the OpenAI agents' hack of Hugging Face this summer. Khanna also called for a US-China treaty to prevent AI from causing global harm, though such an agreement faces long odds.

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  1. The Verge AILauren Feiner
    Will Chinese AI companies slow down? A top House Democrat wants answers

    Image: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images As President Donald Trump prepares to meet tech and AI CEOs in Washington, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) is calling for a treaty between the US and China to keep AI from wreaking havoc on the world. But wrangling leaders in both countries to take action could be a long shot. In letters shared exclusively with The Verge , Khanna - the top Democrat on the House Select Committee on China and a possible presidential contender - asked a US intelligence agency and Chinese AI companies whether they would be prepared for an incident like OpenAI agents' hack of Hugging Face this summer. The companies included DeepSeek, Alibaba, and Moonshot AI, all of which … Read the full story at The Verge.

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