According to Hong Kong's South China Morning Post on October 8, a Chinese scholar in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) announced his resignation from American AI startup Anthropic to join its rival Google's DeepMind laboratory. He said that Anthropic's "anti-China remarks" were one of the important reasons for his resignation.

According to an article posted on his personal blog on June 6, Shunyu Yao left anthropic, the developer of the large-language model Claude, less than a year after he worked. He said he was "strongly opposed" to the company's "anti-Chinese remarks". Last month, Anthropic announced that it would stop providing AI services to "companies holding Chinese entities" and list China as a "hostile country" in internal documents.

According to public data, Yao Shui graduated from the University of Qingdao, received a PhD in Theory and Mathematical Physics at Stanford University, and has conducted postdoctoral studies at the University of California at Berkeley. In October 2024, he joined Anthropic to participate in the development of the Claude 3.7 Sonnet large-language model, which was released in February this year.

Yao Shunyu said he chose to join Anthropic because the company is regarded as "one of the ideal starting points for scholars with a physics background to enter the field of artificial intelligence research." He wrote: "Compared to physics, artificial intelligence is developing at an alarming rate. Looking back on the past year, I am shocked by what has changed."

The South China Morning Post reported that in recent years, many American AI companies, including OpenAI, have increased negative comments on China, including directly naming DeepSeek, a competitor from China. A former employee who requested anonymity revealed that some OpenAI technicians from China and other countries were uneasy about the company's relevant remarks.

In contrast, Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, called for greater cooperation between China and the United States in areas of common concern such as artificial intelligence security.

At present, Yao has joined Google's DeepMind big language model "Gemini" team, responsible for participating in the development of the company's basic model.

In response to Anthropic's relevant practices against China companies, China Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on September 5 that he did not understand the specific situation and emphasized that China has always opposed the politicization, instrumentalization and weaponization of scientific and technological and economic and trade issues, which is not conducive to any party.

Scientist in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) Yao˳Óî studied at the University of Qingdao

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Media: American companies want to act anti-China but are bullied by top-level companies

Because of the blame of U.S. President Trump, Meta company CEO, social media Facebook founder Zuckerberg once was threatened to "seat tightly", but after his most incredible accomplishment, now again a leap to become the "seat guest" in the White House.

According to the British Financial Times local time on September 16th, for a while, although Meta has been trying to keep up with the Trump administration's strong hard position against China, a top Chinese hardware manufacturer has "grabbed" Meta.Goertek, located in Shandong, through a series of deals, is strengthening control over the supply chain of Meta artificial intelligence (AI) glasses, thereby expanding its influence in the smart glasses industry and Meta's own extended supply chain.

Goal¡¯s transaction included the acquisition of a 100% stake in Ningbo Miner Optics (Shanghai) Ltd, owned by Ningbo Miner Optics (Shanghai) Ltd, and Ningbo Miner Optics Information Technology (Shanghai) Ltd (collectively referred to as ¡°Shanghai Miner Optics¡±) by increasing its registered capital of $5.3 billion, and Shanghai Miner Optics (Shanghai Miner Optics) to produce miner optical devices for smart glasses. In addition, Goal also helped fund the acquisition of Meta¡¯s British optical supplier Plessey.

These moves are as Meta tries to diversify its hardware supply chain and move it out of China. According to sources, the U.S. company has launched part of the production of Quest virtual reality haircuts in Vietnam this year, but Goal is still one of Meta¡¯s major hardware partners in Vietnam. At the same time, Goal is also producing the upcoming new generation of Meta smart glasses Hypernova, which is expected to debut this week.

¡°Goal is very ambitious, and they¡¯ve seen the opportunities that Meta brings very early,¡± said a person familiar with the situation, ¡°Meta has no choice but to work with them because they are the most stable and reliable supplier of critical parts.¡±

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Goally not only produces Quest virtual reality headsets and popular Ray-Ban smart glasses for Meta, but also provides parts.In addition, Meta also purchases parts from other suppliers in Japan, the United States and other countries.

In response to the Financial Times report, Meta said: ¡°We have a robust and diversified supply chain, so we are not entirely dependent on a single manufacturer, and we are constantly reviewing and exploring supply chain opportunities globally.¡±

In 2014, Meta acquired virtual reality headset maker Oculus, and in 2021 announced that it would spend billions of dollars to build a virtualized ¡°metaverse¡± program, changing the headset to Quest, and announcing that users would enter the world through wearable devices.

Recently, Zuckerberg has begun to position himself as the so-called ¡°AI leader,¡± whose actions include developing lighter wearable devices driven by AI models.

Meta also partnered with the U.S. government to drive modernization of military technology. In June this year, Meta Chief Technology Officer Andrew Bosworth was appointed by the U.S. Department of Defense to reserve lieutenant lieutenant for military use of AI. Meta also recently announced a partnership with defense technology company Anduril to design virtual reality and augmented reality headsets for U.S. military use.

Zuckerberg wears smart glasses.

According to the Financial Times, Meta¡¯s continued reliance on Goal on the next generation of wearable devices is in sharp contrast to Zuckerberg¡¯s tough stance on China. According to sources informed, Zuckerberg has repeatedly hyped to President Trump this year about the importance of the United States¡¯ defeat over China in the field of AI.

In recent years, Zuckerberg has been lobbying and trying to expand business in China, but these efforts have eventually failed.

In July 2023, The Wall Street Journal that Zuckerberg¡¯s owned Meta was in talks with Chinese companies to introduce Meta¡¯s virtual reality headphones to China, a huge new market, but potential Chinese partners were worried that Zuckerberg¡¯s past Chinese-related remarks could challenge the cooperation.

As early as Trump¡¯s first time in office, Zuckerberg had openly defamed China¡¯s stealing of American technology at a Congressional hearing, co-labelled with the Trump administration¡¯s lobbying and rendered TikTok a so-called ¡°threat¡± to the United States, and even spoke of absurd statements such as China¡¯s interference in the US election without evidence.

In July 2020, four U.S. tech giants executive testify in the U.S. Congress video

China has urged the United States to abandon the outdated Cold War thought and zero-sum game philosophy, stop unjustified accusations and repressions against China in the field of science and technology, stop abusing judicial power to repress Chinese researchers, and China will take necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens.

In fact, even the Wall Street Journal is very "reducing" the trend of Meta, believing that even if the company can enter the Chinese market, its virtual reality devices will still face byte jump, fierce competition from manufacturers such as Apple and Sony, and the user's attitude to Meta devices has been "uncomfortable".

In December 2022, the Washington Post also published a long article about the contradictory and embarrassing situation Zuckerberg faced.

According to the article, although Zuckerberg has been inciting Chinese public opinion in the past in U.S. politics, and wants to use U.S. nationalist sentiment to suppress his main competitor TikTok, his company Meta in the development of virtual reality and "anti-universe" business, but can not be separated from the Chinese factory to produce him almost all related electronic products. As a result, Zuckerberg, who competes against "anti-China" in the U.S. market, has to face the difficulty of "made in China" on his products everywhere.