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China spy chief says AI threatens national security
NDTV··14 Sept
China's Minister of State Security Chen Yixin wrote that artificial intelligence endangers national security. He said hostile forces abuse generative AI to fabricate political rumours and spread harmful information. The article was published online on Sunday. He flagged hacking capabilities in Anthropic's Claude Mythos and OpenAI's ChatGPT-5.5-Cyber. Xi Jinping is due to meet Donald Trump in Washington this month.
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What It Means For You
- Chen said foreign intelligence uses intelligent crawlers and data mining to gather sensitive national data.
- He urged China to keep independent control of core technologies, including advanced chips.
- AI governance is expected to feature in the planned Xi-Trump meeting in Washington this month.
What's Happening
- Chen wrote that hostile forces launch public opinion and cognitive warfare against China.
- He called AI the main battleground for global technological competition.
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei separately warned about the reckless speed of AI development.
What Chen Emphasised
- Chen did not focus on pausing AI progress. He stressed technology sovereignty and security risks.
- He said the US-Iran war showed AI's military role through battlefield advantages.
- The warning was carried by NDTV and The Economic Times from syndicated reporting.
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