In my latest post I explore why, whether the trend matters or not, and what it means for the latest Anthropic vs OpenAI rivalry.
Featuring The Beatles, Anna Wintour, Jeff Bezos and those viral 'thinking caps' at @AirMailWeekly
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"I have no tolerance for it – nor the ever encroaching, constant conversation we keep having about it...it’s all so f-ing boring."
This was the response from Gen Z's favourite internet boyfriend Jacob Elordi when asked about AI. He's not alone, among the young it's v unpopular
All of the lessons from my article of 2024 still apply. The space race shows that competition and collaboration needn't be mutually exclusive. Any hint of recognition that AI isn't just a race to be won would be a huge step in the right direction.
Two years ago I wrote in the FT about how the Biden-Xi Summit in San Francisco was a missed opportunity for the two superpowers to make progress on AI cooperation.
https://t.co/74FKRgesm2
But it does mean that there is a huge opportunity in Trump’s state visit to China this week to look beyond the notion of AI as an 'arms race'.
I'd be amazed if, in 2026, there is still no agreement or even dialogue about cooperation on AI risk.
I was asked to write a prediction for @WIRED “The World in 2025” bumper edition, so I wrote about AI & geopolitics:
‘It’s time to move past AI nationalism’
Lots of other great pieces in there too, pick up the physical magazine if you see it.
https://t.co/pBziJYtOp5
I am very grateful to Jason Cowley for giving me in his last edition of the @NewStatesman the chance to write about Paul McCartney and the Beatles, my first and longest music love.
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The first full report from the AI & Geopolitics Project, my research group at Cambridge, is out today. We go beyond the simplistic 'AI arms race' narrative and explore practical, realistic opportunities for international collaboration on AI. Kudos to @AlTurobov for leading this!
So many writings on AI but they rarely the international aspect, so this report is important and timely. Rather than deploring AI global fragmentation, the report outlines practical steps to make process. Great work by @AITurobov, @DianeCoyle1859 & @verityharding
So many writings on AI but they rarely the international aspect, so this report is important and timely. Rather than deploring AI global fragmentation, the report outlines practical steps to make process. Great work by @AITurobov, @DianeCoyle1859 & @verityharding
The AI race doesn't have to be zero-sum.
International organisations already find natural alignment in specific domains, where competition naturally transforms into collaboration, not through grand agreements.
Check out our policy paper
The first full report from the AI & Geopolitics Project, my research group at Cambridge, is out today. We go beyond the simplistic 'AI arms race' narrative and explore practical, realistic opportunities for international collaboration on AI. Kudos to @AlTurobov for leading this!
Our new AIXGEO report—Moving Beyond Competition—explores emerging opportunities for international cooperation in AI.
@AlTurobov, @DianeCoyle1859 & @verityharding argue that smaller-scale collaborations in specific AI domains could result in real progress.
https://t.co/kSNcIWRQSW
Beyond excited to receive an early copy of this today. I haven’t looked forward to the release of a book this much since The Mirror and the Light, and I don’t say that lightly.
(I have also pre-ordered the hardback out next year and if you like the Beatles then so should you!)