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China rejects calls for ‘pacing’ on AI development, fearing it would entrench US tech lead

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Calls by US tech leaders for a voluntary slowdown in artificial intelligence development have run into sharp pushback from Chinese researchers and state media, who question whether the proposal is a genuine push for responsibility or an effort to entrench America’s technological lead. The debate in…

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Timeline · 8 reports

  1. 2026-09-15 15:12 · The Next Web
    Sam Altman says OpenAI won’t wait for Congress to slow down AI
  2. 2026-09-14 14:50 · r/artificial
    "The AI industry wants to slow down: ‘We could lose control’" and other BS
  3. 2026-09-14 13:38 · CNBC Technology
    OpenAI boss Sam Altman spells out how and why the AI industry wants to slow down: 'We could lose control'
  4. 2026-09-14 10:00 · South China Morning Post Tech
    China rejects calls for ‘pacing’ on AI development, fearing it would entrench US tech lead
  5. 2026-09-14 09:39 · The Decoder
    Sam Altman calls for pacing AI development but promises rapid progress will continue
  6. 2026-09-14 01:37 · SiliconANGLE AI
    Sam Altman and Elon Musk back Dario Amodei's call to slow down the frontier of AI development
  7. 2026-09-13 13:47 · Mashable AI
    Anthropics CEO urges the industry to slow down, and Sam Altman agrees
  8. 2026-09-12 16:34 · r/singularity
    Sam Altman agrees with Dario!

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