Künstliche Intelligenz: China kritisiert Warnung von Techbossen vor KI-Entwicklung

China has criticized warnings from prominent US tech executives about the dangerous development of artificial intelligence (AI) and the potential threat posed by China's lead over the United States. Spokesman Guo Jiakun for China's foreign ministry said spreading threat narratives, confrontation and malicious competition disrupts the process of global AI governance and is not in the interests of any side.

All parties should work together to promote open AI development. Recent calls for slowing down AI development from US tech executives caused controversy over the weekend. Dario Amodei, CEO of AI company Anthropic, made such a move, and support came from rivals such as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and tech billionaire Elon Musk. After hacking attacks, Amodei expressed concern that within six to twelve months, an AI swarm could potentially take over the entire internet and potentially cause billions of dollars in damage.

He also warned about a national security threat should projects with connections to China's Communist Party gain the upper hand. China is pursuing an ambitious AI development plan. State and party leader Xi Jinping proposed this on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in New Delhi, India, on the weekend. So far, US companies have been seen as technology leaders in AI.

However, observers see Chinese AI firms rapidly catching up. For years, a race for AI supremacy has existed between the world's two largest economies. China's state-run newspaper Global Times saw Amodei's proposal on the weekend as an attempt to restrict China. "The article is littered with measures to curb China and essentially represents a Cold War-era strategy handbook for the AI sector."