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China vs USA: Who Will Win the AI Race?

17 minutes | Thursday, 8 January 2026

Who really controls AI; governments, corporations, or no one at all? Is AI becoming a new kind of global arms race? And, can we keep humans in charge of systems that move faster than we do?



Rory and Matt are joined by President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar. Tino is a former justice on the Supreme Court of California, an executive appointee to the Clinton, Obama and Biden administrations and a Professor of Law at Stanford University. 



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China vs USA: Who Will Win the AI Race?
The Rest Is Politics

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