Shaped by a different economic environment, China’s AI startups are optimizing for different customers than their US counterparts — and seeing faster industrial adoption.

Modern memory architecture is vital for advanced AI systems. While the US leads in both production and innovation, significant gaps in export policy are helping China catch up.

Traditional insurance can’t handle the extreme risks of frontier AI. Catastrophe bonds can cover the gap and compel labs to adopt tougher safety standards.

The White House is betting that hardware sales will buy software loyalty — a strategy borrowed from 5G that misunderstands how AI actually works.

AI automation threatens to erode the “development ladder,” a foundational economic pathway that has lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty.

A growing body of evidence means it’s no longer tenable to dismiss the possibility that frontier AIs are conscious.

Community Notes offers a better model — where citizens, not corporations, decide what “aligned” means.

A new framework suggests we’re already halfway to AGI. The rest of the way will mostly require business-as-usual research and engineering.

By learning our views and engaging on our behalf, AI could make government more representative and responsive — but not if we allow it to erode our democratic instincts.