Artificial Intelligence
More Investment, More Competition, Less Panic
Editor’s note: In February, The National Interest organized a symposium on the U.S.-China technology race amidst the emergence of DeepSeek and ongoing legal battles over TikTok. We asked a variety of experts the following...
How the U.S. Can Maintain Its Edge in the Global Tech Race
Editor’s note: In February, The National Interest organized a symposium on the U.S.-China technology race amidst the emergence of DeepSeek and ongoing legal battles over TikTok. We asked a variety of experts the following...
Three Policies That Will Make or Break U.S. Tech Competition with China
Editor’s note: In February, The National Interest organized a symposium on the U.S.-China technology race amidst the emergence of DeepSeek and ongoing legal battles over TikTok. We asked a variety of experts the following...
Cracks in the Firewall: How U.S. Tech Policy is Losing Ground to China
Editor’s note: In February, The National Interest organized a symposium on the U.S.-China technology race amidst the emergence of DeepSeek and ongoing legal battles over TikTok. We asked a variety of experts the following...
AI, Encryption, and Data Flows: Policy Imperatives for U.S. Leadership
Editor’s note: In February, The National Interest organized a symposium on the U.S.-China technology race amidst the emergence of DeepSeek and ongoing legal battles over TikTok. We asked a variety of experts the following...
The United States Must Become the AI Arsenal of Democracy
Editor’s note: In February, The National Interest organized a symposium on the U.S.-China technology race amidst the emergence of DeepSeek and ongoing legal battles over TikTok. We asked a variety of experts the following...
JD Vance Unveils America’s AI Doctrine
The vice president’s speech at the Paris AI Summit emphasized speed, deregulation, and America’s bid for global technological supremacy. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a theoretical or futuristic concept—it...
A Tech Power Playbook for Donald Trump 2.0
In coming years, the pace of technological innovation and deployment will only quicken. The new administration will need a systematic and sustained approach. On January 20, Donald J. Trump entered...
What Do Drones Mean For Nuclear Deterrence?
Drones have the potential to enhance nuclear deterrence, but they also introduce significant risks in terms of escalation control and first-strike stability. Drones and other autonomous vehicle technologies have already...
Backward Thinking on Artificial Intelligence and Human Trafficking
With AI assistance, law enforcement could examine blockchain transactions from cryptocurrency wallets tied to digital trafficking. Editor’s Note: The Red Cell series is published in collaboration with the Stimson Center....
Peace Through Edge
Tech cooperation with China is not necessarily accommodationist and can deliver competitive benefits to the United States. Unmanaged, the U.S.-China competition in artificial intelligence (AI) could create dangerous fissures between...
DeepSeek: What We Know And What We Don’t Know
Don’t take all of the claims about China’s new AI model at face value. Following the release of DeepSeek (China’s new AI model), Wall Street experienced an unprecedented sell-off of...