Beijing has dismissed risk warnings from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and other US AI executives, with the Foreign Ministry describing the appeals to slow AI development as alarmism. State-run outlet Global Times accused Amodei of pursuing a covert AI cold war. Meanwhile, China's security minister has not called for any slowdown in the country's own AI efforts.
Beijing pushed back on appeals for Washington to hinder China's AI development, calling such arguments alarmist. The response came after Anthropic's chief executive urged US action to slow China's progress in the field. Separately, China's top intelligence official said advancing AI could pose a challenge to Communist party governance.
China has cautioned against what it calls malicious competition in AI development and is calling for coordinated international rules. The statement comes as some US AI company executives have suggested slowing the pace of development. Beijing's position frames joint regulation as the preferred path forward.