Chinese CEO fires a broadside at Anthropic, saying, "Its AI dominance is like Hitler getting the atomic bomb first"

[Financial News] A key developer at Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup DeepSeek strongly criticized Anthropic, emphasizing that no company should monopolize technology if the risks posed by AI advancements are to be prevented.
DeepSeek developer Liu Shengyu wrote on his WeChat account on the 14th, "I believe cutting-edge AI should be provided to everyone in an open and affordable manner. I do not believe Anthropic or OpenAI will do that. In particular, if Anthropic were to control cutting-edge AI or artificial general intelligence (AGI)—AI capable of performing like a human across all tasks—the gravity of the situation would be comparable to Hitler obtaining atomic-bomb technology before the Allies."
He emphasized, "Humanity has never hesitated in its efforts to destroy itself. Even if I gave up or deliberately interfered with model training to delay it, models from other companies would continue to advance and eventually crush me without mercy. If everyone is obsessed with destroying themselves, I would have no choice but to join the brutal arms race."
He predicted that, as AI advances, future society could move toward communism, where productivity is maximized and people's standard of living improves markedly, or toward a world like Cyberpunk 2077, a game depicting a devastated dystopia.
Liu Shengyu noted, "In the latter case—the dystopia—a small number of tech companies could control most resources, while an extremely small number of people could use the most advanced AI and various scientific and technological tools to approach 'mechanical ascension.' Most people, however, would have access only to very limited AI. Movement between social classes would become increasingly difficult."
In a separate post the following day, on the 15th, Liu Shengyu clarified that the original purpose of his post was not to discuss Anthropic's 'unpopularity' and that it represented only his personal views, not the company's position.
He stressed, "It is certain that AI will continue to grow stronger in the future, and physical AI, recursive self-improvement (RSI), and other technologies we do not yet know about are still ahead. I am optimistic about the capabilities of future AI."
[email protected] Lee Seok-woo, international affairs specialist Reporter