U.S. AI Leadership at Risk

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Andy Konwinski, Databricks co-founder and head of AI venture Laude, warns that the U.S. is losing its edge in AI research to China, calling it an “existential” threat to democracy.

PhD students at Berkeley and Stanford are seeing twice as many cutting-edge AI ideas from Chinese companies than U.S. ones.

Konwinski argues that freely shared research drives innovation, citing the Transformer architecture as a breakthrough born from open academic collaboration.

He stresses the need for the U.S. to rebuild a culture of open scientific exchange to stay competitive in AI.

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AI leadership shifts quickly — complacency is the real threat. ️

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If these projections hold, the industry is entering its hyper-growth phase.