China’s top intelligence official warned that rapid advances in artificial intelligence could threaten political stability, institutional security, ideological security and critical infrastructure. State Security Minister Chen Yixin said adversaries could use AI to identify system vulnerabilities, create malware, spread political rumors, intensify social divisions and gather sensitive state, commercial and personal data. He also warned that countries with an AI advantage could use national security arguments to impose technology controls, monopolize industry standards and promote closed-source ecosystems. The article, posted Sunday in the official China Cyberspace magazine, offered one of Beijing’s clearest accounts of AI risks. It appeared as Anthropic PBC, OpenAI and other U.S. technology leaders faced calls for a slower approach to advanced-model development, though there was no indication the timing was coordinated.