China Fires Back at AI Slowdown Proposal Ahead of Trump-Xi Meeting

China's Foreign Ministry criticized Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's call to slow frontier AI development, which was backed by Sam Altman and Elon Musk. Beijing called it fearmongering and a Cold War scenario, ahead of a planned Trump-Xi meeting on September 24.

• Amodei urged slowing AI development, calling China the most advanced AI autocracy
• China's MFA: fearmongering and confrontation harm global AI governance
• Trump said the US leads in AI and intends to keep the advantage
• Gap between Chinese and US models estimated at 6-9 months