The US president has argued that Washington cannot afford to slow down as China rapidly closes the technological gap<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump has brushed aside mounting warnings from leading artificial intelligence executives that increasingly powerful AI could pose an existential threat to humanity, insisting that Washington\u2019s priority should be defeating China in the technological race.
\nSpeaking to reporters in Ireland on Sunday, Trump acknowledged that some safeguards could be introduced but suggested the dangers were being exaggerated by unspecified \u201cnegative forces.\u201d
\n\u201cWe\u2019re leading China in AI, we\u2019re the most sophisticated country in the world, and frankly I want to keep it that way\u2026 Whoever wins AI wins,\u201d he added, arguing that critics were raising scenarios that \u201cwon\u2019t happen.\u201d
\n\u2019Just slow down yourselves\u2019
\nTrump\u2019s remarks came after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for slowing frontier AI development, warning that increasingly autonomous systems could soon improve their own capabilities, evade existing safeguards and unleash large-scale cyberattacks beyond human control.<\/p>\n
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In a rare show of unity, his rivals \u2013 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and SpaceXAI CEO Elon Musk \u2013 both backed the proposal.
\nWhite House AI adviser David Sacks responded by accusing OpenAI and Anthropic of being a \u201cduopoly on frontier intelligence\u201d and acting as though \u201cantitrust law has to be suspended so you can form a cartel.\u201d
\n\u201cIf the unreleased models are scary enough that you think you should slow down, I support your decision to be responsible,\u201d Sacks wrote. \u201cBut stop pretending you need anyone else\u2019s permission.\u201d
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\nSacks also questioned whether China would ever agree to a coordinated international slowdown \u2013 an issue increasingly central to Washington\u2019s AI debate.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Despite US sanctions and restrictions on exports of advanced chips and other technology, Chinese developers have rapidly narrowed the gap with their American rivals, particularly through cheaper open-source and open-weight models.
\nA US congressional advisory body warned earlier this year that Chinese open-source AI was developing a \u201cself-reinforcing competitive advantage,\u201d with models from companies including Alibaba, Moonshot and MiniMax dominating usage rankings on platforms such as Hugging Face and OpenRouter.
\nMoonshot AI in July released Kimi K3, the world\u2019s largest 2.8-trillion-parameter open-weight system, while Alibaba recently released Qwen3.8-Max with 2.4 trillion parameters. DeepSeek and other Chinese developers have also released increasingly capable models that can be downloaded, modified and deployed independently rather than accessed exclusively through proprietary Western platforms.
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Beijing has sought to turn that open-source approach into a broader geopolitical alternative to reliance on Western-controlled AI infrastructure.
\nAddressing the BRICS summit in New Delhi this weekend, Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed establishing a BRICS AI open-source community, supporting joint development and deployment of large language models, providing specialized training, and building what he called an \u201copen ecosystem for AI.\u201d
\nXi also invited BRICS members to participate in the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization (WAICO), a China-backed body established in Shanghai in July.<\/p>\n
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Twenty-nine countries, including Russia, Indonesia, Pakistan and Kazakhstan, signed WAICO\u2019s founding agreement. Beijing says the organization is intended to give developing countries greater access to AI technology and a role in setting global rules, and has pledged thousands of AI training opportunities as well as cooperation centers with BRICS, ASEAN, the African Union and other organizations.
\nThe initiative is emerging as a rival to Washington\u2019s Pax Silica framework, which seeks to organize semiconductor, critical-mineral and AI supply chains among what the US describes as \u201ctrusted\u201d partners. Washington is reportedly preparing to warn participating states that they may have to choose between the American-led system and Beijing\u2019s WAICO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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