AI Competition
Three Sovereignties, One AI: State, Corporate, and Indigenous Techno-Sovereignty
Sovereign AI has become a national priority, replacing the old dream of a borderless internet with state-backed control over computing hardware. The digital economy...
Can China’s New GLM-5.2 AI Challenge OpenAI and Anthropic?
Chinese artificial intelligence developers have rapidly narrowed the technological gap with U.S. rivals over the past two years. While companies such as OpenAI and...
Why the US Government’s War With Anthropic Is the Most Important Tech Battle of 2026
The US government's export control order against Anthropic's most advanced AI models was not a national security measure, it was the visible breaking point...
From the IAEA to the G7: The Contested Meaning of Global AI Governance
In May 2026, just hours before President Donald Trump met President Xi Jinping, OpenAI’s Vice President of Global Affairs Chris Lehane floated the idea...
America’s Most Surprising New Tech Investor in 2026 Is the Federal Government
Sam Altman walked into the Oval Office in early 2025 and pitched President Donald Trump on the idea of giving the American government an...
AI as a tool of authoritarian control: The Case of China
The development of technology, while intended as a mechanism of ease and increased output, has oft been used as a political catalyst. Take for...
The Cost of the Cloud: AI’s Environmental Footprint in Latin America
Artificial intelligence is often presented as the next great technological revolution. Governments promote it as a pathway to innovation, businesses celebrate its economic potential,...
Sovereign AI, but Who Watches the State?
In early June 2026, aboard Air Force One, President Donald Trump confirmed to reporters that the White House was discussing the possibility of taking...
The New Geopolitics of AI: Water, Energy, and the Battle for Computational Power
The global race for artificial intelligence is no longer just a contest of algorithms, but a struggle for physical infrastructure, massive 300 MW–scale data...
Fast-Tracked Gas Plants Power AI Boom Amid Rising Transparency Concerns
A rapid expansion of artificial intelligence infrastructure in the United States is driving a surge in off-grid natural gas power plants built specifically to...