China Pushes Back on U.S. Calls for an AI Slowdown

The rollout follows a series of U.S. warnings that advanced artificial intelligence could become uncontrollable. Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei recently argued that a worldwide pacing of frontier AI “would require cooperation with China.” Beijing’s response has been to label such warnings “fearmongering, confrontation and vicious competition” and to stress that AI is a “core sovereignty capability” that cannot be slowed on U.S. terms.

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The rivalry between the United States and China in AI development has intensified as both nations chase frontier models. Education entrepreneur Boris But, whose clients began citing chatbot-generated information, launched his own AI study tool after a “penny-drop moment” that convinced him his business must adopt AI or become obsolete. Analysts note that U.S. models remain ahead, yet Chinese firms are rapidly integrating AI across manufacturing, education and health services—e.g., the digital health chatbot A-fu, now used by 150 million people.

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• Lian Jye Su, Omdia analyst: “It sees these calls [for a slowdown] as a bid to lock in US advantage.” “It sees these calls [for a slowdown] as a bid to lock in US advantage,” — Su. Amodei, saturday anthropic chief

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• Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson: Described U.S. warnings as “fearmongering, confrontation and vicious competition” that would disrupt global AI governance.

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• Ni Tao, founding editor of yangtzeer.com: “Most people treat AI as an already-useful everyday tool, not an abstract threat, so the practical attitude is to live with it.” “Most people treat AI as an already-useful everyday tool, not an abstract threat, so the practical attitude is to live with it,” — Ni Tao, founding editor of tech website yangtzeer

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Leia Wang of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace observes that Chinese companies conduct less voluntary monitoring and evaluation than their U.S. counterparts, raising questions about the robustness of self-regulation. Analysts also express skepticism that the upcoming meeting between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping will yield a substantive breakthrough on AI safety, given divergent national priorities.

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• “It sees these calls [for a slowdown] as a bid to lock in US advantage,” — Lian Jye Su, Omdia analyst “It sees these calls [for a slowdown] as a bid to lock in US advantage,” — Su. Amodei, saturday anthropic chief

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• “In many ways, I think there is more common ground than people might assume between what Amodei is saying and what the Chinese government is saying,” — Gabriel Wagner, Concordia researcher “In many ways, I think there is more common ground than people might assume between what Amodei is saying and what the Chinese government is saying,” — Wagner. That

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• “Most people treat AI as an already-useful everyday tool, not an abstract threat, so the practical attitude is to live with it,” — Ni Tao, founding editor of yangtzeer.com “Most people treat AI as an already-useful everyday tool, not an abstract threat, so the practical attitude is to live with it,” — Ni Tao, founding editor of tech website yangtzeer

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