AI's Geopolitical Tug-of-War Exposed
In a week where my own kitchen experiments with Amazon’s AI-upgraded Alexa ended in frustrating glitches, the bigger story in AI isn’t about faltering consumer tech. It’s unfolding on the world stage, where superpowers are turning artificial intelligence into a battleground for dominance. The Pentagon’s covert testing of OpenAI models, ByteDance’s struggles against US-imposed compute barriers, and the eerie insights from podcasts on AI’s involvement in the Iran conflict all point to a seismic shift. These aren’t isolated incidents; they’re symptoms of a larger geopolitical chess game that’s redefining how AI evolves, who controls it, and what that means for everyone from startups to global economies. ...