How China’s AI breakthroughs are challenging U.S. technological dominance

A few years ago, Dario Amodei “was just another techie in San Francisco”, toiling in relative anonymity and playing video games on Sunday nights with his sister Daniela. Fast forward to 2026, says The

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The Pentagon and Anthropic’s battle over how the company’s AI is used by the military has highlighted an ethical and ideological debate that’s not going away