Y. Tony Yang on Establish an international AI incident …

Y. Tony Yang

George Washington University professor of health policy and associate dean; affiliated faculty member of the GW Trustworthy AI Initiative.

The first is to define reportable events together. The new channel will be worth exactly as much as its list of triggers: an agent loose outside its test environment, a model that gives real help to someone designing a pathogen, a large AI-driven intrusion into critical infrastructure. [...] An agreed list of reportable AI events, and an open invitation for other countries to plug into the channel, would turn a symbolic hotline into working infrastructure.

AI Verified (Sep 27, 2026)

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Y. Tony Yang, “US, China should treat AI risk like a pathogen, not a missile,” Asia Times, September 27, 2026. Yang proposes defining reportable AI events, identifies example incident triggers, and says an invitation for other countries to join the channel would turn it into working infrastructure.

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Establish an international AI incident reporting system

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AI Verified Yang calls for jointly defined reportable AI events and a channel open to other countries as working infrastructure. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Verified The quote supports creating international AI-incident reporting infrastructure. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago