Elon Musk wants leading US and Chinese AI labs to test each other’s models before public release

The September 2026 debate sparked by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's essay "We Must Pace the Frontier", which argues that AI development should be deliberately slowed so that safety, alignment and interpretability can keep pace, and sets out a three-step plan spanning company commitments, coordination among democracies, and US-China agreements.

Rivalry between two nations for leadership in model development, chip supply, and AI policy.