Will Chinese AI companies slow down? A top House Democrat wants answers

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="Image: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images" data-portal-copyright="" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/gettyimages-2292801324.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> Image: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">As President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/28/trump-ai-tech-lunch.html">prepares to meet tech and AI CEOs</a> 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.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">In letters shared exclusively with <em>The Verge</em>, 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 …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/policy/1001767/khanna-ai-safety-china-treaty">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>