China at the AI frontier: US leaders warn of a looming strategic setback

TL;DR
A Guardian analysis shows Silicon Valley’s China hawks, led by Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, warning that China could overtake the US in AI and urging export controls and a paced frontier to prevent Beijing’s dominance; the piece contrasts Amodei’s views with others who stress safety and cooperation and notes Beijing’s skepticism about US talks, highlighting AI as a geopolitical race with potential domestic regulation.
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