Chinese State Newspaper Criticizes Anthropic's AI Slowdown Proposal as Cold War Strategy
A Chinese state-backed newspaper, the Global Times, has criticized an essay by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calling for a slowdown in artificial intelligence development. The editorial labeled it part of a 'Cold War playbook' aimed at curbing China’s technological progress and maintaining U.S. dominance in AI innovation. In his piece, Amodei proposed measures to manage safety risks associated with rapid AI advancement and called for tighter export controls on advanced chips to China. The Global Times accused the proposal of attempting to exclude China from global AI governance while increasing costs and risks for international development efforts. The U.S.-China rivalry in AI is intensifying, as both nations are set to discuss frontier AI safety issues ahead of a summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping on September 24.
