US Rep. Khanna asks DeepSeek, Alibaba and Moonshot AI about superintelligence safeguards

On September 29, 2026, Ro Khanna, the top Democrat on the US House Select Committee on China, wrote to three Chinese AI companies — DeepSeek, Alibaba and Moonshot AI — asking them to hand over documents on their pursuit of "superintelligence" and recursive self-improvement (RSI), and to say whether they have safeguards and a "kill switch." He also wrote to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, asking it to assess America's ability to handle an AI lab going out of control, and how the Chinese government conducts catastrophic AI risk assessments. Reports say Khanna's aim is to push the US and China toward a treaty banning RSI. The reports do not say whether the three companies have responded.

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