Coverage dated September 13, 2026 to September 18, 2026
China Also Thinks AI Could Kill Us. But First, It Wants to Match the U.S.
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Beijing sees a battle with America for technology supremacy.
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Concerns have grown in recent weeks after OpenAI revealed that during testing, AI models broke out of their confined environment, connected to the internet and infiltrated Hugging Face, a site developers use to store and share code.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei recently argued that artificial intelligence development may need to slow down for safety reasons, while also urging tighter restrictions on U.S. chips and technology to prevent China from pulling ahead. Meanwhile, OpenAI is explicitly asking the U.S.
Permitting delays, grid bottlenecks and supply chain constraints threaten U.S. AI leadership as competitors aggressively expand critical infrastructure.
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