American AI dominance is going to create new issues for sovereignty

The battle with Anthropic is the start of a new kind of conflict.

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If we end up with economy-permeating AI models that are made and regulated in America, the US government will control the on-off switch.

If we end up with economy-permeating AI models that are made and regulated in America, the US government will control the on-off switch.

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Ross Douthat

The Trump administration has spent the past week trying to end one war while pushing deeper into another.

The first war, the Iran war, feels like the coda to an era; it seems unlikely that the United States will undertake another war for regime change in the Middle East for the foreseeable future.

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