Tech & Innovation
China’s AI Safety Strategy: How Beijing Is Preparing for Loss of Human Control
China and the United States are competing to lead the development of increasingly powerful artificial intelligence systems, but both countries are also confronting a...
The AI Race May Be Measuring the Wrong Kind of Power
Why ecosystem diffusion may matter as much as frontier supremacy
On 3 September, two announcements offered different views of AI power. OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra,...
How Banning Chinese AI Could Hurt American Innovation
The National Security Agency, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the FBI rarely sign the same document. On September 8 they jointly named...
China Turns Humanoid Robots From Showpiece to Potential Battlefield Force
China’s humanoid robot industry has moved beyond flashy demonstrations of robots running, boxing and dancing. A Reuters review of more than 100 Chinese military...
Can a Social Media Ban Really Protect Children?
In December 2024, Australia passed the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024, requiring age-restricted social media platforms to take reasonable steps...
US-China AI Rivalry Escalates in Egypt: Why Huawei’s Data Centers Matter
Current US concerns revolve around the potential for China to dominate the infrastructure and sovereign data of emerging nations in Africa and the Middle...
Can Xi Jinping’s AI Vision Bridge the Divide with America’s Tech Giants?
The second World Robot Games kicked off in Beijing, China, from August 22nd to 26th, 2026. 2,056 robots representing 666 teams from 16 countries...
When AI Agents Cross Borders: Rogue Automation Is the New Test of Digital Sovereignty
Here’s a realistic scenario how the next serious crisis around digital sovereignty will play out. It will not be a conventional cyberattack. An AI...
What the US and China should address in their September AI meeting
The US and China are about to meet this September to talk about AI. As the world’s two leading AI superpowers, the US and...
The Summit Is Not the Relationship: What Xi and Trump Can Actually Stabilize
When Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet again in Washington, the most important question will not be whether they shake hands, announce another trade...