US must face artificial intelligence competition from China, national security commission report says
- Artificial intelligence (AI) has become one of the most crucial areas of strategic competition
- ‘United States can compete against China without ending collaborative AI research and severing all technology commerce,’ says national security commission on AI
A US national security commission urged Washington to compete head-on against China on artificial intelligence (AI), but not to completely decouple from the rival in research and business.
The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) said in its final report to Congress on Wednesday that “the United States can compete against China without ending collaborative AI research and severing all technology commerce”.
“The US-China competition is complicated by the complex web of supply chains, research partnerships, and business relationships that link the world’s two AI leaders,” according to the commission, chaired by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt.
“Dramatic steps to sever these ties could be costly for Americans and reverberate across the world.”
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