US artificial intelligence start-up Anthropic’s ban on China-backed entities’ access to its models was not expected to deter mainland firms nor hamper their progress in the field, according to industry experts and analysts.“When it comes to the impact on China’s [AI] competitiveness and development, I don’t think it will move the needle very much,” said Ben Reynolds, a Rhodium Group analyst specialising in US and China semiconductor competition.While noting that the move was consistent with...