The AI war is not over. But at this point in time, PRC related entities seem to be pulling ahead. U.S. based companies may lead in cutting-edge closed models like Gemini, Grok, ChatGPT. But Chinese firms are dominating in open source and in applied AI diffusion (for example, into
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AI’s Impact on the Future of Energy Security
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What AI Means for the Future of Energy Security https://
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Government abuse of technological systems through electoral cycles
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The big problem with that is every election you have to hope people don't vote in a new government that's keen to abuse the systems that were installed previously
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OpenAI Tests GPT-5 Safety Routing for Sensitive Topics
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OpenAI has begun testing safety routing to GPT-5 for 4o responses on sensitive and emotional topics. Loads of users are unhappy about that. GPT-5 as a guardrail
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Authoritarian Bias in Western AI Happiness Research Methodology
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Western “non-partisan” studies should know better than to compare happiness across authoritarian and free societies. In places where dissent has consequences, answers reflect survival as much as sentiment.
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Data Sovereignty Challenge: New Nations Dependent on US Chinese Models
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I get data sovereignty in some cases, but there is just no way for new countries to join the frontier model race as long as scaling (in any sense) matters. There is no sovereign model. You will be dependent on the production of Chinese (or US or French) open models as a base.
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Trump’s Economic Policy Threatens US-China Relations
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Force-start a Civil War instead of fixing the economy. China must feel like they are blessed by the gods to have Trump
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Protecting Free Speech in the Age of AI
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And as I keep saying You have to protect all types of speech, even the ones you disagree with Let people say whatever, don't be offended, debate them!
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Green Deal’s Impact on Europe’s Global Competitiveness
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And with The Green Deal has actually destroyed Europe's progress at the world stage
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ChatControl: EU Surveillance Regulation Threatens Private Messages
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My fellow Europeans You have to fight ChatControl Don't let @vonderleyen read your chats! https://
metalhearf.fr/posts/chatcont
rol-wants-your-private-messages/
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