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China is pushing cheap, adaptable AI as an alternative to proprietary US systems. Wendy Chang and Olaf Schulz warn that these open-weight models create risks of their own. US President Donald Trump said in September that the US leads China in AI and that he wants to keep it that way.
Read the original →Developing countries are not necessarily choosing sides. They seek competitive prices, technology transfer, jobs and data sovereignty.
Read the original →NATO is racing to counter drone threats with AI-powered targeting, interoperable defenses, and innovation cycles measured in months, not decades.
Read the original →Government and industry figures will meet next spring to shape the plan. No specific systems or budgets have been named so far.
Read the original →The piece notes that adversaries are already claiming to be "Winning the AI war." It asks whether the US can afford to slow AI development and adoption.
Read the original →The article asks whether AI poses a greater threat to the international order than nuclear weapons. As US-China technology rivalry intensifies, countries hold safety concerns but cannot step out of the development race. An economic security expert examines the threat of superintelligence in a fast-changing era.
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