Posted Sep 14, 2026 at 10:20 AM UTCTExternal LinkChina: AI CEOs are “fear mongering.”When asked about the flurry of weekend blog posts and tweets from the CEOs of Anthropic, OpenAI, Microsoft, SpaceX, (and Alphabet’s Hassabis) calling for a coordinated slowdown on the development of advanced AI models, a spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry said, “Fear mongering, confrontation, competition will just disrupt [the] process of global AI governance.”Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Thomas Ricker
China: AI CEOs are “fear mongering.”
When asked about the flurry of weekend blog posts and tweets from the CEOs of Anthropic, OpenAI, Microsoft, SpaceX, (and Alphabet’s Hassabis) calling for a coordinated slowdown on the development of advanced AI models, a spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry said, “Fear mongering, confrontation, competition will just disrupt [the] process of global AI governance.” That partially aligns with Trump’s view that the execs are overreacting and “bringing up things that won’t happen,” but at least Beijing supports international regulation. [Link: China says AI CEOs' call for a slowdown is 'fear mongering' | https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/14/china-ai-slowdown-us-tech-ceos.html | CNBC]
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