Abusive use of AI by adversaries could 'directly threaten China's political security, institutional security and ideological security,' State Security Minister Chen Yixin wrote in an article posted Sunday on the official China Cyberspace magazine.

According to Lee, parallel to the AI race is 'a separate, potentially more important race' to figure out how 'who can govern powerful AI without choking off innovation.' China may be slightly edging ahead of the US in that race.