Anthropic Report: The 2028 AI Supremacy Battle, US Risks Being Overtaken by China Without Maintaining Compute Advantage

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Anthropic's latest report indicates that the U.S. maintains an advantage in AI compute, but China is rapidly closing the gap by exploiting export control loopholes and model distillation. If export controls are not tightened and distillation is not curbed, China could overtake the U.S. in certain areas by 2028, leading to a global struggle over AI governance rules. (Context: The White House plans to sign an executive order to block Anthropic, with a total ban on Claude potentially taking effect this week.) (Background: Anthropic sues the U.S. Department of Defense, demanding the revocation of the Claude ban, refusing to be an AI weapon.) Analysis from anthropic.com. This article is compiled from Anthropic's latest policy research report, which warns that AI competition is escalating from a battle of model performance to a systemic struggle. The report points out that while the U.S. and its allies still hold a significant advantage in compute, China is rapidly closing the gap by exploiting export control loopholes and model distillation. If Washington does not plug gaps in chip smuggling, overseas data center access, and distillation attacks now, a scenario where China keeps pace with or even surpasses the U.S. in AI by 2028 could emerge—this concerns not only technological leadership but also who will define the rules and governance frameworks for future AI. Anthropic has released a new paper outlining its views on U.S.-China AI competition. The U.S. and its allies need to maintain a lead over major competitors like China in the AI field. As AI performance improves rapidly, this technology will soon deeply impact social governance, national defense, and the international balance of power. Meanwhile, the pace of AI development is accelerating, leaving little time for all parties to set competition rules, manage technical risks, and shape global governance frameworks. It is against this backdrop that Anthropic outlines the measures needed to ensure the U.S. maintains its lead. One of the most important elements in developing AI is access to compute chips used for training models, or "compute." Since the most advanced chips are primarily developed by companies within the U.S. and its allied systems, the U.S. government currently restricts China's access to these chips through export controls. Recent experience shows that these measures have had a clear effect. In fact, the reason Chinese AI labs have been able to develop models approaching U.S. levels relies primarily on their talent advantage, exploitation of export control loopholes, and large-scale model distillation—extracting outputs and performance from U.S. models to rapidly replicate technical achievements. In this paper, Anthropic outlines two scenarios for where the world might head by 2028. Anthropic expects that by then, transformative AI systems will have emerged. In the first scenario, the U.S. successfully maintains its compute advantage. Policymakers further tighten export controls, reduce the space for China to acquire U.S. frontier performance through model distillation, and accelerate the adoption of AI by the U.S. and its allies. In this world, the U.S.-led technology ecosystem can more effectively influence AI rules, standards, and governance frameworks. It is also in this scenario that the U.S. is more likely to engage in effective communication with China regarding AI safety; Anthropic supports this where feasible. In the second scenario, the U.S. fails to take sufficient action. Policymakers fail to plug channels for China to acquire advanced compute, and Chinese AI companies rapidly exploit these spaces to approach the AI frontier, or even surpass it in some areas. In this world, AI rules and standards will be contested by more countries, and the most advanced models may be used for larger-scale social governance, cyber operations, and defense capability building. Even if this situation is built on the foundation of U.S. compute and U.S. technology spillovers, it does not serve the long-term interests of the U.S. and its allies. The U.S. and its allies entered the AI race with a strong advantage. The core tools required for AI dominance were built by a highly innovative ecosystem of companies within the U.S. and its allied systems. Past success means the most important task now is largely to avoid wasting existing advantages: do not make it easier for China to catch up. The development and deployment of AI will determine the direction of future global technical rules, industry standards, and governance frameworks. Whoever maintains the lead in AI is more likely to shape how these systems operate. Currently, the U.S. and its allies have a significant lead in compute. Compute is one of the most important elements for developing frontier AI models. This lead comes from technological innovation in the U.S. and its allies, as well as bipartisan-supported export control policies. But in terms of model intelligence, Chinese AI labs are not far behind. Anthropic's focus on China'

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