{"id":553166,"date":"2026-07-16T18:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T18:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/553166\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T18:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T18:58:08","slug":"exclusive-anthropic-china-and-why-pax-silica-architect-thinks-the-us-can-keep-the-ai-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/553166\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive | Anthropic, China and why Pax Silica architect thinks the US can keep the AI lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The struggle between the US and China over who will lead in artificial intelligence is one of the defining competitions of our time. In this first part of our exclusive interview with a key player defining Washington\u2019s policy on AI, US undersecretary of state for economic affairs Jacob Helberg discusses the ban on foreign access to Anthropic models and how the US can maintain its edge.<\/p>\n<p>The head of the US administration\u2019s <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/us\/diplomacy\/article\/3337551\/will-us-led-pax-silica-shore-minerals-supply-chains-and-counter-chinas-dominance?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">global initiative<\/a> to exclude China from artificial intelligence supply chains has defended Washington\u2019s <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/article\/3356990\/us-blocks-foreign-access-anthropics-newest-ai-models-over-security-risks?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sudden restrictions<\/a> on foreign access to Anthropic\u2019s cutting-edge models, saying they were meant to safeguard the US and its allies.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cWe do not want cyberattacks on our critical infrastructure or the critical infrastructure of our allies,\u201d Jacob Helberg, US undersecretary of state for economic affairs, told the South China Morning Post in an exclusive interview.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Helberg, who leads Washington\u2019s Pax Silica initiative \u2013 which also counts 22 other nations, plus the European Union, as signatories \u2013 said the administration had assessed how advanced AI models could be released safely.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cWe undertook a process to make sure that we can have a sensible approach to releasing that technology in a way that is safe and secure for our critical infrastructure and our financial sector,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In early June, the Department of Commerce barred foreign nationals from using Anthropic\u2019s Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models on unspecified national security grounds. Anthropic complied with the order, though <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3358579\/us-eases-ban-ai-model-mythos-feared-aid-cyberattacks?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">access was restored<\/a> three weeks later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The struggle between the US and China over who will lead in artificial intelligence is one of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":553167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[220,8065,3673,218,219,2102,114,32724,234032,240,61,60,144720,233,144721,5698,10178,80,90,1519],"class_list":["post-553166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-alibaba","tag-anthropic","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-beijing","tag-china","tag-commerce-department","tag-gold-eagle","tag-hong-kong","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-jacob-helberg","tag-nvidia","tag-pax-silica","tag-shanghai","tag-south-china-morning-post","tag-technology","tag-us","tag-washington"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}