AI has opened the door to a new geopolitics
Abishur Prakash is the founder of The Geopolitical Business, Inc., a Toronto-based strategy advisory firm, produces the Mr. Geopolitics insights for global leaders, and is the author of Go.AI (Geopolitics of Artificial Intelligence).
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