China has hit out against what it has called “threat narratives” over AI governance and warned against “engaging in confrontation and malicious competition”.
It follows Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s calls for a slowdown in AI development – but in a way that prevents China from pulling ahead in the AI race.
Over the past week, industry insiders at the leading US AI labs have been warning in extremely stark terms about the potential threat AI poses, with some saying it could wipe out humanity.
But US President Donald Trump has said his priority is making sure the US develops the tech faster than China. China’s foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun told reporters on Monday “narratives of threat, confrontation, and malicious competition serve only to disrupt the process of global AI governance and are not in anyone’s interest”.
“All parties should work together to advance AI in a manner that is open, inclusive, beneficial to all, and oriented toward the good,” he added. His comments highlight the difficulties in getting agreement between the world’s two leading AI powers.
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