China Expands AI Data Centers as Technology Race With US Intensifies
China is accelerating construction of massive data centers as competition with the United States over artificial intelligence continues to grow.
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AI & International Politics — what each story says
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🇺🇸 US–China rivalry2
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- Nvidia's China AI-chip share falls as Huawei closes gap, report findsReuters · 10/13 02:33 UTC
🤝 Diplomacy, summits and alliances1
AI Diplomacy Needs Authority Behind Its Promises
Percy Yixuanchen Yu argues that international AI commitments need explicit domestic authority and tested procedures for obtaining and sharing risk information. He poses a scenario in which an AI laboratory finds its model can help exploit a serious software vulnerability and its government wants to warn an overseas counterpart. He notes a diplomatic agreement can leave unanswered who obtains the evidence, who authorizes its release and who ensures the warning reaches someone able to act.
Read the original →🛡️ Security and the military1
Both Russia and Ukraine are using AI-powered drones on the battlefield
A Ukrainian company that grew wealthy making smartphone-controlled cameras for watching pets at home now equips first-person-view drones with an AI-powered image recognition system.
Read the original →🇯🇵 Japan's diplomacy and AI1
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- Japan's stock market falls, weighed down by AI-related stock declines and geopolitical riskArab News · 10/13 05:09 UTC
🇺🇳 International bodies and agreements3
S'pore, Finland to deepen cooperation on accessibility of benefits of AI, emerging technologies
Singapore and Finland have agreed to deepen their cooperation to ensure the benefits of artificial intelligence and emerging technologies are broadly accessible.
Read the original →Report: AI and Nuclear War Threaten Human Extinction by 2100
Global experts warned that malicious use of AI and nuclear conflict pose the biggest threat to human extinction by 2100. The risk assessment was co-chaired by Dr Christopher JL Murray of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington and Dr. Natalia Kanem, former executive director of the United Nations Population Fund. It drew on the expertise of 35 leaders across health, economics, security, governance and technology, according to Sky News.
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- Europe Seeks a Lasting UN Security Council Role on AIPassBlue · 10/12 17:12 UTC
🔌 Export controls between states1
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- China faces uphill battle to wean tech firms off Nvidia chipsFinancial Times · 10/13 00:15 UTC
▶️ AI Videos / Commentary1
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- Meta's New Muse Wonder AI Model; LVMH Slumps After China BacklashBloomberg Television · 10/13 06:54 UTC
The analysis and visual summary are in the Oct 13 PM issue. Japanese version here.