China’s state media called the statement by Dario Amode, the head of American artificial intelligence company Anthropic, hypocritical and lacking in foresight, calling for a slowdown in the development of artificial intelligence.
Anthropic chief Dario Amodei, in a statement released on Saturday at X, called for a slowdown in the rapid development of artificial intelligence in view of the dangers posed by it.
OpenAI chief Sam Altman and SpaceX chief Elon Musk have also supported slowing the growth of the capabilities of advanced artificial intelligence systems, but US President Donald Trump has rejected the call, saying the most negative forces in artificial intelligence are overstating the risks.
Donald Trump said that the United States is ahead of China in artificial intelligence and it is the most developed country in the world, while the country that succeeds in artificial intelligence will achieve excellence.
China’s state-backed newspaper Global Times has criticized Anthropic in an editorial, saying the company has adopted a ‘cold war’ strategy against China in the name of artificial intelligence security risks.
According to the Chinese editorial, Dario Amoday’s article aims to limit China’s AI development through technological barriers and regulatory monopolies, maintain Washington’s monopoly on cutting-edge technology, and keep China out of the global AI regulatory system.
The Global Times called it a ‘silent artificial intelligence cold war’, saying the approach was hypocritical and short-sighted.
Any attempt to keep China out of global artificial intelligence innovation will significantly increase the cost of experimentation and out-of-control risks in global artificial intelligence development, the Chinese newspaper said.
According to international media reports, the call to slow down the development of artificial intelligence is no longer just a security issue, but has become part of the growing geopolitical and technological competition between the US and China.
Security risks associated with the latest artificial intelligence are also likely to be discussed in a key meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping expected in September.
Meanwhile, US lawmakers are pushing for new legislation to oversee artificial intelligence systems after two Anthropic researchers issued alarming warnings about the potential threats to human survival in the near future from rapidly developing artificial intelligence.
Dario Amoday explains that I am not advocating artificial intelligence training or a complete freeze on technological development.
They also proposed a 3-point system whereby Anthropic would deploy third-party reviewers on a regular basis to state-of-the-art artificial intelligence models who would have access to relevant tools and internal risk assessment processes.