The head of China’s spy agency has warned that artificial intelligence endangers the country’s national security, with foreign powers potentially using the technology to threaten social order.
President Donald Trump in Washington this month, with AI governance and safety set to be part of their discussions as calls mount for greater oversight of the technology. Amodei’s assessment. The warning comes as Chinese leader Xi Jinping is due to meet U.S.
“Hostile forces” were abusing generative AI technologies to “fabricate political rumours and spread harmful information”, Minister of State Security Chen Yixin wrote in an article published online on Sunday (September 13, 2026). “They launch public opinion wars and cognitive warfare against China, directly threatening our political security, institutional security and ideological security,” he said. OpenAI boss Sam Altman said he agreed with Mr. “Foreign intelligence agencies are deeply using technologies such as intelligent web crawlers, intelligent data mining, and intelligent profiling analysis to extensively collect and acquire sensitive information such as key national data, trade secrets, and citizens’ personal privacy,” Mr. Chen said. The U.S.-Iran war has also demonstrated AI’s key role in the military, with better technology offering battlefield advantages, he said.
