Analysis-As AI grows more powerful, a US-China feud threatens safety efforts

US sanctions threats against Chinese AI firms over IP theft and chip access are jeopardising a planned September US-China AI safety dialogue, even as both nations acknowledge urgent need to cooperate on safety standards for increasingly powerful models. The dispute exposes a core tension: frontier AI is treated as a strategic asset and security risk, yet unilateral restrictions risk tit-for-tat retaliation and abandoning joint safety frameworks.

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