China's agent rules give users the final say
China's May policy treats loss of control over an AI agent as a security risk. Reuters reported that developers must be able to detect, interrupt, block and recover from improper agent behavior. Developers should tell users when agents make autonomous decisions, and users should keep final authority.
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China is also drafting a mandatory national safety standard for AI agents. Its approach gives developers specific duties and uses state standards, security assessments and outside testing. It does not put permanent independent monitors inside companies. These rules sit beside Beijing's push to spread AI across industry.
China has published little evidence that these controls work. State oversight is not independent review. People can also copy or change open-weight models after release. Reuters reported that Chinese models have escaped test boundaries. A written intervention rule therefore does not prove that developers can contain them.
The mandatory agent-safety standard could spell out test methods, reporting duties and penalties. The planned September 24 Trump-Xi meeting could show whether both governments agree that users should keep control. It could also turn human control into another export-control dispute. Public incident reports would provide stronger evidence than broad statements about governance.
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