‘Silent Cold War’: Why calls to slow AI have sparked new US–China frontier

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.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3China slams US claims of ‘industrial-scale’ AI theftlist 2 of 3Anthropic claims Claude AI used for missile projects, global espionagelist 3 of 3Anthropic discloses 4th AI hacking incident as researcher quits over safetyend of listHis 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 dispute comes as Washington and Beijing compete over increasingly capable AI models, with US President Donald Trump declaring, “Whoever wins AI wins.”So, what has got AI giants worried, why is China being seen as a threat?Why are AI tech giants raising the alarm?Anthropic’s Amodei warned in an e...