Amid growing warnings from within the artificial intelligence industry about the potential risks of advanced AI, China has called for an open and inclusive approach to the technology, warning against fear-mongering, confrontation and vicious competition.
The comments from China’s Foreign Ministry came as concerns over the pace and safety of AI development have intensified. Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon recently warned that people building advanced AI systems believe the technology could “kill us all by the end of the decade”. Anthropic alignment researcher Evan Hubinger also said he believed there was a greater than 10% chance of AI causing human extinction within the next decade.
Anthropic CEO Calls For Slower AI Development
The warnings
have also been accompanied by calls from AI industry leaders for greater caution. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has urged AI companies to slow the advancement of their most powerful models, citing increasing concerns over AI safety and misuse. He has proposed stronger independent safety evaluations and greater cooperation among leading AI companies.
The debate has also taken on a geopolitical dimension, with concerns over whether China’s advances in AI could create risks for US national security and whether Washington and Beijing should compete or cooperate over the development of increasingly powerful systems.
China Warns Against AI Fear-Mongering
Responding to claims that a Chinese AI advantage could pose national security risks for the US, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said AI was a consequential technology for the future of humanity.
MFA Spokesperson’s response to claims that “Chinese AI advantage would pose U.S. national security risks”:
AI is a consequential technology for the future of humanity. The world needs open & inclusive AI for good and for all. Fear-mongering, confrontation and vicious competition… pic.twitter.com/SqlnqbTNrx
— CHINA MFA Spokesperson 中国外交部发言人 (@MFA_China) September 14, 2026
“The world needs open & inclusive AI for good and for all,” the spokesperson said.
China also warned that “fear-mongering, confrontation and vicious competition” could hamper efforts towards sound global AI governance.
The statement comes as governments and AI companies grapple with how to balance rapid technological development with concerns over safety, misuse and the potential risks posed by increasingly capable AI systems.
/images/ppid_59c68470-image-178931752190372672.webp)
