{
  "id": 7781897,
  "title": "Chinese state media counters Anthropic's call to put brakes on AI development — paper says move is ‘a response to Chinese competition’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/chinese-state-media-counters-anthropics-call-to-put-brakes-on-ai",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-16T12:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tom's Hardware",
    "slug": "tom-s-hardware",
    "url": "https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/policy/chinese-state-media-counters-dario-amodeis-call-to-put-brakes-on-ai-development-paper-says-move-is-a-response-to-chinese-competition"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "China's state-run newspaper, China Daily, has criticized Anthropic founder Dario Amodei's call for \"pace the frontier\" in AI development, suggesting the move is a response to competition from China and pressure from Washington. The paper questioned whether the proposal was driven by concern for humanity or fear of competition. China Daily argued that the proposed coordination among Anthropic, OpenAI, and SpaceXAI sounds more like a club with predetermined membership rules, rather than a global framework. The U.S. efforts to block Chinese AI advancement, both through hardware restrictions and software accusations, have apparently failed, as Chinese models like DeepSeek and Kimi K3 have gained popularity and outperformed more expensive frontier models. China's policy acknowledges the risks Amodei raised, stating that AI development must be monitored to prevent it from going beyond human control. The state media outlet emphasizes the need for cooperation between China and the U.S. to manage these risks, rather than treating the AI race as a zero-sum game.",
  "summary": "State media outlet China Daily posits that Anthropic's Dario Amodei made the call to limit frontier AI development because Chinese AI models are catching up with American AI labs.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Novo partners with Anthropic to speed up drug development with Claude",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/novo-partners-with-anthropic-to-speed-up-drug-development-with-claude",
        "published": "2026-09-16T13:15:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Economic Times Tech",
        "title": "Novo partners with Anthropic to speed up drug development with Claude",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/novo-partners-with-anthropic-to-speed-up-drug-development-with-claude-7797130",
        "published": "2026-09-16T13:25:25.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}