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Part of situation: US-China AI competition and global governance debates (22 clusters)

Scott Bessent warns US AI race loss to China would negate defense advantages

AI race technological sovereignty US-China competition artificial intelligence data centers

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has warned that losing the artificial intelligence race to China would have catastrophic consequences for US national security. Speaking at a Breitbart News event, Bessent stated that if China achieves AI supremacy, traditional defense assets—including a $1.5 trillion defense budget and systems like Israel’s Iron Dome—would lose their relevance.

Bessent noted that while the US currently holds an advantage through an organic technological ecosystem, concerns are rising regarding the rapid progress of Chinese models. US government services have reported that Chinese firms, such as Alibaba Group, DeepSeek, and Moonshot AI, have been utilizing millions of tokens from leading American AI models since late 2024.

In a related discussion on digital geopolitics, Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez emphasized the importance of AI sovereignty. Gomez argued that nations must maintain control over data residency, infrastructure, and provider access to avoid a single point of failure in their critical digital economies.

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Alibaba Group · Anthropic · China · Cohere · OpenAI · Scott Bessent · United States

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  • [○ 1 SOURCE] AI sovereignty requires control over data residency, infrastructure, and the ability to prevent providers from unilaterally cutting off access. www.merca2.es
  • [○ 1 SOURCE] The United States currently maintains an advantage in AI due to an organically developed technological ecosystem. actualidad.rt.com
  • [● 3 SOURCES] US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned that a Chinese victory in the AI race would render US defense spending and technologies like the Iron Dome irrelevant. economytoday.sigmalive.com · actualidad.rt.com · www.newmoney.gr
  • [● 2 SOURCES] Chinese AI companies, including Alibaba Group, DeepSeek, and Moonshot AI, have extracted millions of tokens from leading US AI models since late 2024. economytoday.sigmalive.com · www.newmoney.gr

Sources

Μπέσεντ: Αν η Κίνα κερδίσει την κούρσα της AI, τίποτε άλλο δεν θα έχει σημασία [economytoday.sigmalive.com]
Soberanía de la IA: por qué EE. UU. y China se juegan el control de los datos [www.merca2.es]
Μπέσεντ: Αν η Κίνα κερδίσει την κούρσα της AI, τίποτε άλλο δεν θα έχει σημασία | Ειδήσεις για την Οικονομία [www.newmoney.gr]
"No hay pasado mañana": Jefe del Tesoro advierte sobre la Cúpula de Hierro israelí si China gana la carrera de IA [actualidad.rt.com]