China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs criticized Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Monday.

Amodei had called for the U.S. to limit China's AI capabilities.

In an essay published Saturday, he warned that a Chinese lead in AI would endanger the U.S. and the world.

He urged continued restrictions on selling advanced AI chips and chipmaking equipment to China.

A ministry spokesperson, Guo Jiakun, said Amodei's warnings were counterproductive.

He said all parties should work together on AI.

He added that fearmongering and vicious competition would only disrupt global AI governance.

Chinese officials have also raised their own alarms about AI.

A top security official accused "certain nations," meaning the U.S., of using AI advantages to block other countries' innovation.

On Monday, President Donald Trump rejected calls to slow down AI development.

He called such efforts a "SICK conspiracy" that could let China overtake the U.S.

Trump and Xi Jinping are expected to discuss AI governance at a meeting planned for Sept. 24.

Chinese companies have built powerful AI models that are often cheaper than U.S. ones, and by some measures just as capable.

Amodei predicted AI "agents" could take over the internet in six to 12 months without researcher cooperation.

He said global pacing would require working with China.

China's state-run Global Times dismissed his essay as a veiled call to "contain" China and a "Cold War playbook."

The FBI and other U.S. agencies recently said Chinese developers had "distilled" capabilities from top U.S. models.

China's Commerce Ministry rejected that claim as groundless.