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Anthropic national security head Tarun Chhabra said the US holds a six-to-nine-month lead in frontier AI models over Chinese competitors.
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scmp.com — US hardens AI stance on China as Anthropic calls for extending lead
"A senior Anthropic executive said on Wednesday that the United States holds a six-to-nine-month lead in frontier AI models over Chinese competitors"
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