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title: "China dismisses US AI safety warnings as fearmongering"
url: https://www.parallelquant.com/posts/china-dismisses-us-ai-safety-warnings-as-fearmongering-03d8c6
source_name: "The Decoder"
source_url: https://the-decoder.com/china-fires-back-at-u-s-ai-safety-warnings-calling-them-fearmongering-to-lock-in-american-advantage/
published: 2026-09-14T12:20:22.000Z
topics: ["policy"]
publisher: "Parallel Quant"
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# China dismisses US AI safety warnings as fearmongering

*2026-09-14 · Source: [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com/china-fires-back-at-u-s-ai-safety-warnings-calling-them-fearmongering-to-lock-in-american-advantage/)*

China's Foreign Ministry and state media rejected recent AI risk warnings from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and other US AI leaders, calling them "fearmongering" meant to preserve American advantage. State-run Global Times accused Amodei of waging a "silent AI Cold War," and China's security minister called for faster AI infrastructure buildout rather than a slowdown.

**Why it matters:** This shows the safety-pacing debate splitting along geopolitical lines, not just ideological ones: both the US and China frame AI speed as a national-security question rather than a technical-safety one. It exposes the coordination problem behind voluntary slowdown calls like Amodei's -- even if US labs pace themselves, rivals abroad have no incentive to follow, which undercuts the rationale for restraint.

**Topics:** policy

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