China bogeyman looms large over American firms’ AI doomsday scenario
His argument: China.“We’re leading China in AI,” Trump said. “We’re the most sophisticated country in the world, and frankly, I want to keep it that way, because whoever wins AI, wins.”Trump was echoing a message the AI industry has put out for years. Demis Hassabis, the leader of Google Deepmind, has made few public remarks on China in comparison with his peers.“Sam Altman doesn’t have especially strong views when it comes to China.
- ▪His argument: China.“We’re leading China in AI,” Trump said.
- ▪“We’re the most sophisticated country in the world, and frankly, I want to keep it that way, because whoever wins AI, wins.”Trump was echoing a message the AI industry has put out for years.
- ▪Demis Hassabis, the leader of Google Deepmind, has made few public remarks on China in comparison with his peers.“Sam Altman doesn’t have especially strong views when it comes to China.
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Alvaro Dominguez / Guardian Design / Getty ImagesAI (artificial intelligence)China bogeyman looms large over American firms’ AI doomsday scenarioSilicon Valley China hawks, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei among them, fear the country surpassing US’s AI lead as much as superintelligence destroying humanityNick Robins-EarlySat 19 Sep 2026 06.00 EDTLast modified on Sat 19 Sep 2026 06.01 EDTShare@font-face{font-family:Guardian Headline Full;src:url(https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/noalts-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-Light.woff2) format("woff2"),url(https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/noalts-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-Light.woff)…
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