Why China is pushing back on US warnings over rapid AI development
China is resisting US-led calls to slow down AI development, viewing such requests as a strategic attempt to maintain American technological dominance. Beijing considers AI a core sovereignty capability and is prioritizing rapid domestic growth to close the gap with US frontier models.
Why it matters
The intensifying AI rivalry between the US and China is shaping global technology policy, export controls, and the future of international cooperation on AI safety.
AI is being encouraged across the Chinese economy as a way to promote growth. AI is being encouraged across the Chinese economy as a way to promote growth. China Analysis Why China is pushing back on US warnings over rapid AI development Rebecca Bailey China correspondent Beijing believes slowdown calls aim to lock in US advantage, and is pursuing a different balance between safety and pace
About two years ago, education entrepreneur Boris But had what he calls a “penny-drop moment” – that, like countless others in China , his company needed to embrace AI before it was made obsolete by it.
His clients, well-off parents looking to send their children to study overseas, had begun arriving in his office reeling off information and opinions gleaned not from rival firms, but from chatbots.
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