US-China AI Rivalry and Geopolitical Controls
Diverging approaches to frontier AI governance, supply chain verification, and digital infrastructure.
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- Edouard Harris The Trump-Xi contact matters less as détente than as a chance to install crisis machinery before an AI incident forces an “insane ask.” Edouard Harris welcomed a possible AI-risk hotline but warned that China has historically withheld nuclear hotlines as leverage. Without …
- Jeremie Harris Verification startups could become a gating layer for frontier-AI revenue, but only if intelligence agencies vet their technology before a crisis. Even a system “50% better” than watching gigawatt-scale heat signatures could leave half a data center operating and save billions; …
- Edouard Harris A shared transformer-MOE technology tree gives the US and China common warning signals, but it does not create common motives. China may interpret American safety proposals as attempts to preserve its lead, while genuinely costly actions—such as Chinese labs pacing …









