Altman warns U.S. may be underestimating China’s AI

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman cautioned that China’s AI progress is broader and faster than many in Washington assume — and export controls alone won’t slow it down.

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- China is advancing in research, productization, and inference capacity

- Altman said U.S. chip restrictions are “unlikely to work” as a long-term barrier

- He admitted OpenAI released open-weight models partly to counter China’s open-source surge

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Altman’s message: the real AI race isn’t about bans, but about who shapes the global standard.