When the presidents of the United States and China meet in Washington, the world will be watching to see whether their two countries can fulfill their pledge of “constructive strategic stability”. This is the sixth installment of a series, Chong Ming Lee and Vincent Chow examine the rationale behind American AI giants’ call for “pacing”—a de‑facto slowdown—and how China is responding to this trend.
After years of rapid progress, top U.S. AI leaders are now suggesting that a pause in development may be necessary—a notion that would have been unthinkable just months ago.
In recent weeks, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, and SpaceXAI’s Elon Musk have all urged a “pacing” of frontier AI development, arguing that capabilities are outstripping safety safeguards.
These statements precede a high‑profile summit between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping in Washington on Thursday, following discussions on AI safety by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice‑Premier He Lifeng in New York over the weekend.
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