Dario Amodei · Anthropic · OpenAI · China · Sam Altman · Elon Musk · Rest of World
Amodei won unusual support from U.S. competitors, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and xAI founder Elon Musk
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China’s answer has been a clear no.
Key facts
- On September 11, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun described Amodei’s call as “fear-mongering, confrontation and vicious competition,” and said it would undermine global AI governance
- A day after the blog post was published, Chinese state-backed Global Times ran an editorial titled “Targeting China’s AI: U.S. ‘tech right’ unfolds Cold War playbook
- Days before Amodei’s essay, Chinese State Security Minister Chen Yixin warned that advanced U.S. models such as Anthropic’s Mythos and OpenAI’s GPT-5.5-Cyber could pose serious risks to China’s
- China’s national cybersecurity standards body released a third edition of its Safety Governance Framework on September 14
Summary
China is pushing back on Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s attempt to rewrite the rules of artificial intelligence. Earlier this month, Amodei called for the global AI industry to slow the development of its most powerful models, arguing that the pause would buy some time to make them safer. Amodei went on to outline measures to slow China’s AI development “to give us the breathing room we need to pace effectively.” He called for an end to sales of powerful AI chips or semiconductor manufacturing equipment to China, a crackdown on chip smuggling, and restrictions on remote access to data centers outside China, among other measures. Amodei won unusual support from U.S. competitors, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and xAI founder Elon Musk.