US AI Firms Push to Slow Progress Just as Chinese Open-Source Catches Up
kevinnbass · x · 2026-08-05
A commentator points out a striking phenomenon: American AI companies were perfectly content to be at the cutting edge, but just at the moment when Chinese open-source AI catches up, they have suddenly become extremely interested in slowing down the pace of AI progress.
This implies that frontier labs' calls for regulation and open-source restrictions might be driven more by commercial competition than purely safety concerns.
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