Anthropic CEO urges Washington to tighten China chip export bans
Anthropic co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei is urging Washington to tighten chip export bans and clamp down on Chinese “distillation”, framing it as critical for preserving the US lead in artificial intelligence. In a blog post on Monday, Amodei called a chip ban “the most efficient and direct way” of preventing Beijing from building frontier AI models for military use and domestic surveillance, which he said was his primary concern. The US “should not sell powerful chips or chipmaking equipment..
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Published: 28 July 2026
Source: SCMP Tech (HK/CN)
Category: News
Topics: Privacy · Military & security
Retrieved: 29 July 2026
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