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"I think, today, [China is] probably two years behind the top [AI] models [from the US]."

"Where China sits [in AI], I think, is very far behind the US."

"The United States is in a strong position to win the essential [AI] race with China."

"China will dominate AI."

"The combination with China's self-made chips + AI infrastructure stack will put China ahead of the US."

China would "undoubtedly come out on top [in the US-China AI race]."

"[I]t seems like the United States is really far ahead [when it comes to generative AI]."

"China will lead the world in AI development."

In 2025, "China will start to lead the AI race (as a consequence of leading the open-source AI race)."

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X's Safety team announced on Friday that it had identified a bot farm of approximately 200,000 accounts linked to suspected Chinese influence operations, with 200 of those accounts posting content designed to shape debate around American AI and energy policy.

X's Safety team announced on Friday that it had identified a bot farm of approximately 200,000 accounts linked to suspected Chinese influence operations, with 200 of those accounts posting content designed to shape debate around American AI and energy policy.

Accounts shared AI-generated cartoons depicting data center operators as profiting at the expense of ordinary households, alongside text posts claiming AI facilities were driving up electricity prices and straining local power grids.

Accounts shared AI-generated cartoons depicting data center operators as profiting at the expense of ordinary households, alongside text posts claiming AI facilities were driving up electricity prices and straining local power grids.

The same AI-generated illustrations flagged by X had previously appeared in an OpenAI report published in June, which found accounts likely based in China had used ChatGPT to produce anti-data center content and post it on social media.

The same AI-generated illustrations flagged by X had previously appeared in an OpenAI report published in June, which found accounts likely based in China had used ChatGPT to produce anti-data center content and post it on social media.

This comes as the U.S. Justice Department and FBI recently seized domains tied to two Chinese hacking platforms, QScan and QTRouter, operated by a People's Republic of China state-sponsored group called QTFY. Victims of QTFY intrusions included NASA, the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Senate.

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This comes as the U.S. Justice Department and FBI recently seized domains tied to two Chinese hacking platforms, QScan and QTRouter, operated by a People's Republic of China state-sponsored group called QTFY. Victims of QTFY intrusions included NASA, the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Senate.

Meanwhile, the Director of National Intelligence's 2026 Annual Threat Assessment identified China as the most active and persistent cyber threat to U.S. government, private-sector and critical infrastructure networks, with Beijing continuing to invest heavily in pre-positioning and cyber attack capabilities.

Meanwhile, the Director of National Intelligence's 2026 Annual Threat Assessment identified China as the most active and persistent cyber threat to U.S. government, private-sector and critical infrastructure networks, with Beijing continuing to invest heavily in pre-positioning and cyber attack capabilities.

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