China rejects US AI slowdown call led by Anthropic's Amodei

anthropic ceo dario amodei published a blog post titled 'we must pace the frontier' proposing a slowdown in ai development, citing risks and suggesting the us should maintain 'as large as possible' a lead in ai over autocracies like china. amodei's proposal includes measures like cracking down on chip smuggling and preventing unauthorized model distillation by chinese companies. china's government and ai industry leaders express skepticism, seeing amodei's plan as an attempt to subjugate china and restrict its ai development. china's ministry of foreign affairs spokesperson guo jiakun describes amodei's proposal as 'fear-mongering, confrontation, and vicious competition' that hampers global ai cooperation. china emphasizes equal emphasis on development and security in ai.