Why China is pushing back on US warnings over rapid AI development

<p>Beijing believes slowdown calls aim to lock in US advantage, and is pursuing a different balance between safety and pace</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/sep/19/china-ai-foreign-policy-dario-amodei">China bogeyman looms large over American firms’ AI doomsday scenario</a></p></li></ul><p>About two years ago, education entrepreneur Boris But had what he calls a “penny-drop moment” – that, like countless others in China, his company needed to embrace AI before it was made obsolete by it.</p><p>His clients, well-off parents looking to send their children to study overseas, had begun arriving in his office reeling off information and opinions gleaned not from rival firms, but from chatbots.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/20/why-china-is-pushing-back-on-us-warnings-over-rapid-ai-development">Continue reading...</a>