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Report: US AI companies vulnerable to espionage, sabotage from China

Report: US AI companies vulnerable to espionage, sabotage from China

Yahoo23-04-2025

American tech companies have spent billions of dollars in the name of artificial intelligence, but who is making the technology? A new report indicates the U.S. is too reliant on China for components found in some AI models. Brothers Jeremie and Edouard Harris co-founded Gladstone AI, the company behind the report. They join Chris Cuomo to discuss the potential national security threat faced by the U.S. as companies head toward artificial superintelligence. #China #artificialintelligence #nationalsecurity

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