Declining openness puts U.S. AI leadership at risk

Andy Konwinski, co-founder of Databricks, has warned that the U.S. is quickly losing its lead in artificial intelligence (AI) research to China. Speaking at the Cerebral Valley AI Summit, Konwinski described the change as an “existential” threat to democracy and innovation. Konwinski argued that the open scientific interaction that formerly drove significant advancements has been stifled by America’s top AI labs, which have become overly tight and insular. He further argued that until American labs give up their proprietary fortress mentality, the U.S. will continue to lose its primacy in AI research to China. U.S. openness declines as China advances AI According to the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, the majority of Americans believe that American leadership in AI technologies is so firmly established that it cannot be challenged. Belfer Center claimed that many in the American national security community insist that in the AI arena, China can...

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