Is China's anti-data center influence campaign part of a broader pattern? We asked @SamLyman33, former senior advisor to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. "Xi Jinping has singled out artificial intelligence as a strategic handhold that China can take advantage of to surpass the United States in technology, innovation, and scientific research." "China dominated the global rare earths market in the late 2010s. When the United States started to build out its own rare earths facilities, they mounted a digital campaign to slow down that build-out here." "That's the Dragon Bridge Network, running from 2019 to 2022, targeting rare earths and American energy production. Shut down by Facebook in 2023." "They're repeating the same thing again with artificial intelligence. It's the same playbook, just applied to a different industry."

The battle for the open weights market is heating up. @SamLyman33, former senior advisor to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: "The greatest threat that the United States is facing right now is China dominating the global open weights market." "China sees AI as an opportunity to push Chinese talking points and propaganda abroad." "When you download DeepSeek and ask what happened in Tiananmen Square in 1989, it will not give you an answer. Those are the kinds of models that are free and easy to access in developing countries." "The United States has put such an emphasis on frontier models at the expense of open weights... and that's been to China's advantage."

The battle for the open weights market is heating up. @SamLyman33, former senior advisor to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: "The greatest threat that the United States is facing right now is China dominating the global open weights market." "China sees AI as an opportunity to push Chinese talking points and propaganda abroad." "When you download DeepSeek and ask what happened in Tiananmen Square in 1989, it will not give you an answer. Those are the kinds of models that are free and easy to access in developing countries." "The United States has put such an emphasis on frontier models at the expense of open weights... and that's been to China's advantage."

Spot the difference: How China's propaganda arm reports on CCP involvement in American AI debate vs. NPR Chinese state media uses NPR's exact framing, quotes, and data points. Easy to push Beijing propaganda when American news outlets are already doing all the legwork.

just to state the obvious: think there's a collison course between those who believe research and science should be open and those who believe we are in an accelerating singularity curve. I have many smart friends who have believed both for a while but seeing more and more their realization that these beliefs will be in conflict. I for one believe that America and the west needs open and distributed access to research and computation and sharing of ideas at all times.

just to state the obvious: think there's a collison course between those who believe research and science should be open and those who believe we are in an accelerating singularity curve. I have many smart friends who have believed both for a while but seeing more and more their realization that these beliefs will be in conflict. I for one believe that America and the west needs open and distributed access to research and computation and sharing of ideas at all times.