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"China called the slowdown call fear mongering"

Established, with the speaker named. At the Chinese foreign ministry's regular press conference on 14 September 2026, spokesperson Guo Jiakun, asked about Dario Amodei, Sam Altman and Elon Musk calling for slower frontier development, said fear-mongering, confrontation and vicious competition will only hamper global AI governance. The ministry's transcript names no person or company; the reporter's question did.

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  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs transcript, 14 September 2026: the question named Amodei, Altman and Musk and Amodei's national security argument about a Chinese lead; Guo Jiakun answered without naming any of them.
  • Guo Jiakun's answer in the ministry's English text: AI is a consequential technology for the wellbeing of all humanity, and fear-mongering, confrontation and vicious competition will only hamper efforts toward sound global AI governance.
  • CNBC and NBC News, both 14 September 2026, reported the answer as China rejecting the CEOs' slowdown call; NBC's rendering reads malicious competition where the ministry's text reads vicious competition.
  • The statement is a spokesperson's reply to a question at a scheduled briefing, not a standalone government position paper.

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Who said itStated
Guo Jiakun, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, People's Republic of China, regular press conference, 14 September 2026.Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun's Regular Press Conference on September 14, 2026, primary source, 14 September 2026.
Where it circulatedStated
CNBC and NBC News, 14 September 2026, the day of the briefing.CNBC, China says AI CEOs' call for a slowdown is fear mongering, secondary source, 14 September 2026.
Evidence forStated
The ministry's own transcript carries the words fear-mongering, confrontation and vicious competition in answer to a question about the three men's calls.Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun's Regular Press Conference on September 14, 2026, primary source, 14 September 2026.
Evidence againstStated
The answer names no person, company or essay, so China called the slowdown call fear mongering is an inference from the question, a fair one, but the ministry did not say Amodei.Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun's Regular Press Conference on September 14, 2026, primary source, 14 September 2026.
What would settle itStated
Settled by the transcript. Quote the spokesperson, date it, and say it was an answer to a question naming the three.Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun's Regular Press Conference on September 14, 2026, primary source, 14 September 2026.

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Say who and where. On 14 September 2026 China's foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun, asked at the regular briefing about Amodei, Altman and Musk urging slower frontier development, said that fear-mongering, confrontation and vicious competition would only hamper global AI governance and that all parties should promote open and inclusive development of AI. He named nobody. China said is a shorthand for one spokesperson's answer; the transcript is on fmprc.gov.cn.

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  1. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun's Regular Press Conference on September 14, 2026Primary · 14 September 2026
  2. CNBC, China says AI CEOs' call for a slowdown is fear mongeringSecondary · 14 September 2026
  3. NBC News, China dismisses AI slowdown calls and blasts fearmongering from U.S. tech leadersSecondary · 14 September 2026

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According to the GAGE Settled or Not (as of 16 September 2026), "china called the slowdown call fear mongering".
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GAGE (Global Academy of Generative-AI Education). (2026). "China called the slowdown call fear mongering". Settled or Not. Retrieved 16 September 2026, from https://www.gage.academy/tools/settled-or-not/records/CLM-2026-0010-china-called-the-slowdown-call-fear-mongering
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""China called the slowdown call fear mongering"." Settled or Not, GAGE (Global Academy of Generative-AI Education), 16 September 2026, https://www.gage.academy/tools/settled-or-not/records/CLM-2026-0010-china-called-the-slowdown-call-fear-mongering.
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