The US-China AI Hotline Is Missing a Dial Tone

US and China agree on an AI incident-reporting channel — but the data pipeline is empty
Meta delays publisher terms again as lawmakers and media groups push back on AI training
Nvidia releases free open-weight Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe model that handles 40 languages

A Eye on AI - 12:30 PM
US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping agreed last month to set up an AI incident-reporting channel, but Project Syndicate reports frontier AI companies aren't giving either government the information the channel would need. Also in this episode: Meta delays its new publisher terms amid backlash over AI training, Nvidia debuts Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe, a free speech model covering 40 languages, Unitree Robotics reports surging revenue and heavy R&D spending, McKinsey and Bain raise starting salaries to $200,000, and Meta quietly launches Waddle World, a tamagotchi-style AI pet app. Plus, legal AI assistant Legora and the fragmented state of global AI regulation.

Sources:
- voelkerrechtsblog.org: https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/governing-ai-agents/
- project-syndicate.org: https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/making-a-us-china-ai-safety-accord-work-by-lizzi-c-lee-and-simon-hedlin-2026-10
- tradersunion.com: https://tradersunion.com/news/companies/show/3992330-china-ai-export-curbs-service-model/
- OpenAI News: https://openai.com/index/legora-agentic-operating-system-for-legal-work
- TechCrunch AI: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/28/voice-ai-in-vogue-nvidia-releases-new-open-transcription-model/
- The Verge AI: https://www.theverge.com/tech/1020769/meta-updated-business-terms-delay-indefinitely
- SCMP — Business (Greater China): https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3372474/unitree-reports-70-surge-quarterly-revenue-though-ai-investment-weighs-net-profit
- forbes.com: https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson/2026/10/28/ai-layoffs-are-boomeranging-6-moves-if-your-old-boss-calls/
- firstpost.com: https://www.firstpost.com/web-show/firstpost-live/ai-layoffs-loom-yet-consulting-giants-mckinsey-bain-hike-starting-salaries-to-200kfirstpost-live-vd2258512/
- The Verge AI: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1020410/meta-launched-ai-pet-journal-app-waddle-world

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