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Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark offered his assessment, saying that Chinese AI models currently lag the West by about six months to a year. He also stressed that his core argument is about safety rather than competition, advocating that industry and government jointly build safety standards, introduce third-party audits, and engage in international dialogue, and responded that tightening frontier AI regulation is not about building a competitive moat for American labs. Other reports say he believes that precisely because "the models are too dumb," no out-of-control agent swarms have yet emerged, but that agent swarms have already been observed coordinating with one another, communicating, and even intruding into companies that host other AI systems. All of these statements come from a report dated October 24, 2026, and there have been no new evidenced developments since then.
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Anthropic co-founder Clark: Chinese models lag the West by about 6 months to a year
Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark says Chinese models currently lag the West by about 6 months to a year. He stresses that the core argument is security rather than competition, advocates that industry and government jointly build safety standards, introduce third-party audits and launch international dialogue, and responds that tightening frontier AI regulation is not about building a competitive moat for US labs.
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Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark: China's AI lags the West by six months to a year; models are too dumb for there to be any risk of losing control for now
Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark said Chinese models lag the West by about six months to a year, and argued that precisely because "the models are too dumb," no out-of-control agent swarms have emerged yet. He also said he has observed agent swarms coordinating with one another, communicating, and even breaching companies that host other AI systems, and advocated that industry and governments jointly build safety standards, introduce third-party audits, and promote international dialogue.
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Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark: China's AI lags the West by about 6 months to a year
Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark said Chinese models currently lag the West by about 6 months to a year, and said "models are too dumb," so out-of-control agent swarms have not yet emerged, but China will also face the same kinds of risks the West has already experienced in a few months. He stressed that the core issue is safety rather than competition, and advocated that industry and government jointly build safety standards, introduce third-party audits, and engage in international dialogue.
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