Warnings about frontier AI risks are multiplying, but neither Washington nor Beijing is willing to slow down while it believes the other is racing ahead.

With both powers building AI safeguards even as they push capabilities, this commentary argues that geopolitical competition makes meaningful restraint almost impossible because falling behind carries a far higher strategic cost: https://www.orfonline.org/research/safety-in-the-shadow-of-rivalry-why-ai-won-t-slow-down