GoKawiilChina Daily dismisses Anthropic's AI slowdown call as anti-China maneuver
China's state-run China Daily newspaper pushed back against Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's proposal to slow the pace of frontier AI development, an idea also backed by Sam Altman and Elon Musk. The publication argued the plan is less about safety concerns and more a coordinated attempt to hobble China's AI progress, secure friendlier U.S. regulation, and sustain investor enthusiasm for American AI firms.
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The exchange highlights how AI safety rhetoric has become entangled with geopolitical rivalry, with Beijing framing any 'global' safety framework that excludes China as inherently self-serving. It also underscores that U.S. attempts to contain Chinese AI through chip export bans and distillation accusations haven't stopped competitive models like DeepSeek and Kimi from gaining traction, undercutting the premise that China is far behind.
- China Daily calls Anthropic's 'pace the frontier' proposal a competitive maneuver, not a safety measure.
- The paper argues excluding China from any AI-safety alliance makes it not truly global.
- Cheaper, competitive Chinese models like DeepSeek and Kimi K3 show U.S. chip and IP restrictions haven't slowed China's AI progress.
Source: tomshardware.com — Jowi Morales, 2026-09-16
Published there as: “Chinese state media counters Anthropic's call to put brakes on AI development — paper says move is ‘a response to Chinese competition’”
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