Catherine Thorbecke

Silicon Valley leaders keep painting artificial intelligence doomsday scenarios, yet they also can’t stop racing to build and sell it. They often point to China as the reason they have no choice, even as the post-ChatGPT era suggests the fiercest pressure comes from one another.

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When DeepSeek’s reasoning model burst onto the scene last year and put Chinese artificial intelligence on the global map, the internet responded by probing its views on Taiwan or Tiananmen

When DeepSeek's reasoning model burst onto the scene last year and put Chinese artificial intelligence on the global map, the internet responded by probing its views on Taiwan or Tiananmen Square.

Unsurprisingly, the AI tool demurred or straight-up lied. But the gotcha moment obscured an important question. Would it matter to businesses deciding whether to use Chinese AI?

Silicon Valley leaders keep painting artificial intelligence doomsday scenarios, yet they also can't stop racing to build and sell it.

Silicon Valley leaders keep painting artificial intelligence doomsday scenarios, yet they also can't stop racing to build and sell it.

Rather than rogue artificial intelligence agents supposedly killing us all, Beijing has a more immediate nightmare: That the technology could help humans tear society apart first.

Rather than rogue artificial intelligence agents supposedly killing us all, Beijing has a more immediate nightmare: That the technology could help humans tear society apart first.

If Beijing wants to lead the world in the technology, it must be willing to work with other nations on the threats both sides can at least agree on.