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Spencer Cox: “We have to be able to compete or we are at a significant…”

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Published | Video Starts at 25:26

But it's a global arms race, so I think we have to approach this with eyes wide open on both fronts. The first is if we don't do this, China and Russia are going to do it. And so We have to be able to compete or we are at a significant disadvantage. Not just an economic disadvantage, but a true national security disadvantage. We've seen it within the past week there was a massive incursion led by Chinese AI into into US systems. And we have to be able to fight back. (25:26–25:36)

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Asserts that failing to compete in AI development poses economic and national security risks.

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