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Chinese AI models are following in the footsteps of EV and PV charging technology, serving as a reminder of the country’s knack for producing low cost, large-scale technology. Tang Yan Song/Shutterstock (no reuse)

Made in China AI: new tech, same old story?

History could repeat itself if China turns AI into an abundant, commodity-driven industry. Should we be worried about AI’s new land of plenty?
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei appeared by video during a U.N. Security Council meeting on artificial intelligence during the General Assembly in New York on Sept. 23, 2026. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

Trump wants an AI Force like Space Force, but that could make AI’s risks harder to manage

An AI Force would likely push China to create its own. That arms race could turn a technology already slipping out of human control into a weapon.
In the movie ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’, astronauts Frank and Dave don’t realize that the AI controlling their ship is reading their lips as they discuss disconnecting it. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Getty Images

No, AI systems don’t have a drive to survive – a developmental psychologist explains why it only looks that way

In tests, some AI systems resisted being shut down. But an instinct to stay “alive” isn’t the reason they behaved that way.
Russian mathematician Yurii Nesterov’s work on gradient descent methods is influential in the development of AI technology. Simons Foundation via Wikimedia Commons

Who should own the knowledge that underpins AI technology?

None of the rapid development in AI exists in a vacuum. It is built on decades of blue-skies work by academics.
When composing or translating poetry, AI stumbles when trying to convey mood, metaphor and emotion. Jeremessias/iStock via Getty Images

The art of literary translation exposes the limits of AI

AI-powered translation tools are certainly impressive. But there is an important frontier for translation technology, one AI might never be able to breach: the poem.

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