‘Silent Cold War’: Why calls to slow AI have sparked new US–China frontier
Anthropic CEO urges restricted China access to AI tech, sparking accusations of US technological dominance strategies.
China has warned against “fear-mongering” after the CEO of a top artificial intelligence (AI) company in the United States sounded the alarm against AI advancement and called for restrictions on the sale of AI chips to China.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Saturday called for the development of the most powerful AI systems to be slowed down, warning that they could soon pose potentially catastrophic risks to humanity itself.
His proposal also calls for Washington to restrict China’s access to advanced technology – prompting Beijing to accuse the US of using AI safety as a pretext to preserve its technological dominance.
The US has imposed restrictions on China’s access to advanced semiconductors and chipmaking technology, arguing that cutting-edge chips could strengthen Chinese military, intelligence and surveillance capabilities.