China state newspaper blasts Anthropic's calls to slow AI as 'Cold War' tactic
China’s commerce ministry and state media said the proposal would curb its AI development and widen U.S. technological dominance.
- On Sept 12, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei outlined a framework to pace frontier AI development, citing mounting safety risks; OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and SpaceX founder Elon Musk endorsed the proposal.
- Amodei urged the US to strengthen chip export controls on China and crack down on alleged model distillation by Chinese AI labs, citing safety concerns.
- The Global Times editorialized against the proposal, calling it a 'Cold War playbook' targeting Beijing and arguing it seeks to 'curb China's AI development through technological barriers and regulatory monopolies.'
- On Sept 13, Presidents Donald Trump dismissed calls to slow AI advancement, calling them 'very negative forces' and stating 'whoever wins AI wins' to justify maintaining US dominance.
- Washington and China are planning to discuss frontier AI safety risks in mid-September, with the issue potentially arising during a summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Jinping on Sept 24.
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Beijing hits back at Anthropic CEO’s call to curb China’s AI development
BEIJING (AP) — China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday hit back at a call from the head of Anthropic for the U.S. to curb China's artificial intelligence capabilities, which he issued as he argued for a global slowdown on…
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Beijing calls Amodei’s AI slowdown plan a Cold War script
Dario Amodei’s essay on Saturday made the case that the AI industry must slow itself down. It also asked Washington to “not sell powerful AI chips or semiconductor manufacturing equipment to China” and to crack down on smuggling and on remote access to data centres outside the country. China’s commerce ministry called the essay “further […] This story continues at The Next Web
(Beijing=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Hyun-jung = Western AI industry leaders, including the CEO of U.S. Antropic, advocate for 'adjusting the pace of AI development'...
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