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

US officials accuse Chinese AI lab Moonshot of distilling Anthropic's model and accessing advanced chips illegally, threatening scheduled US-China AI safety dialogue in September. Geopolitical tension over frontier AI as strategic asset risks derailing bilateral cooperation on safety standards even as more powerful models increase security breach risks.

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