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Explainer-How China is preparing for the risk of AI escaping human control
- China treats AI as a powerful but manageable tech—favoring state-led rules, industry standards and rapid industrial rollout instead of calls to pause development.
- Beijing has warned advanced U.S. models (e.g., Anthropic, OpenAI) could threaten critical infrastructure and is tightening AI security and oversight.
- Authorities are drafting what may be the world’s first mandatory safety standard for autonomous AI agents and prefer open-weight models so defenders can inspect and modify them—while acknowledging those open models carry their own risks.
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