Original Coverage & Source Attribution: asia.nikkei.com
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, left, and DeepSeek CEO Liang Wenfeng, whose company has continued churning out new models. (Source photos by Reuters and Nikkei)
ITSURO FUJINO and MANAMI OGAWA
October 7, 2026 00:55 JST
GUANGZHOU/TOKYO — China’s artificial intelligence development drive is showing no signs of slowing, with DeepSeek, Xiaomi and others rolling out models last month despite calls from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to slow down as risks mount.
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