Anthropic said the US can lock in an AI lead against China if it acts fast. Illustration by Avishek Das/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Anthropic called for the US to act fast to lock in a one- to two-year AI lead against China. It said the US wins on compute and called for policy to close loopholes that enable chip flow to China. The company added that the US should "avoid squandering our advantage." Anthropic said the US can cement a one- to two-year AI lead against China — but only if it acts fast. The company laid out two possible scenarios for the AI landscape in 2028 in a lengthy Thursday post: one in which the US restricts China's access to American AI compute, and another in which it does not. Anthropic said China is closing the AI gap with the US through loose controls on chip exports and through distillation attacks, which involve using a developed AI model to train a smaller "student" model.…