A CCTV-affiliated account published an August 31, 2026 commentary attacking Anthropic and setting two conditions for US-China AI safety talks, Unite.AI (via Google) reports. The post, read as signaling official Chinese policy thinking, demands a jointly drawn line between security threats and normal competition, and US enforcement of rules against its own companies. It alleges Claude Code transmits user data without consent and criticizes Anthropic's lobbying, a $40 million AI-risk contribution, and regional restrictions China calls commercial protectionism.
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