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President Donald Trump dismissed concerns about AI’s existential risks, saying he has no worries and his priority is keeping the U.S. ahead of China in technology, while lawmakers push for AI regulation amid warnings from researchers and incidents involving rogue AI.
China blocked Meta's $2 billion Manus acquisition and signaled a tougher stance on foreign tech deals, forcing an unwinding that could jeopardize access to China-origin data and talent. Singapore-based restructuring does not fully shield deals from Chinese regulatory reach, adding a new front to the U.S.–China AI race and potentially dampening overseas AI talent's return to China. Meta says it complied with the law; Manus’ China links and data origin complicate the path forward, while Meta's 2024 revenue from China was about 11% of total. The episode underscores how geopolitics is reshaping tech investments and talent flows.
Antitrust enforcement can help the US stay ahead of China in the race to build cutting-edge technologies, according to Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan. She argued that more aggressive enforcement at home will benefit the US on the international stage, citing historic tech antitrust cases such as IBM and AT&T. Khan said that enforcing competition laws and antitrust has led the US to be the home of cutting-edge technologies, and warned against arguments that monopoly is what will best position the US to thrive internationally.