U.S. & China Begin AI Safety Talks, Vinod Khosla’s Pitch for Tax Reform in the AI Era

US-China are quietly building an AI incident-notification channel while Khosla pushes tax reform and Clay scales toward a $7.1B AI-sales business.

• US-China AI dialogue emerges: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told The Information's Leo Schwartz that US and China discussed a notification mechanism for AI safety incidents rising to national-security level, ahead of this week's Trump-Xi meeting; chip export controls were reportedly not on the agenda.
• Trump's 'AI Force' surprises insiders: Trump announced a Space Force-modeled AI initiative over the weekend with an unnamed AI czar; unclear how it overlaps with existing bodies like CAISI and the National Cyber Director.

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