Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.If the first global AI summit 15 months ago, hosted by Britain\u2019s then prime minister Rishi Sunak, focused more on co-operation to tackle the risks of AI, the latest this week in Paris highlighted a shift in the dynamics: towards geopolitical competition, and the quest for technological and economic advantage. On his first foreign trip as US vice-president, JD Vance signalled that the US was ripping out the brakes and putting its foot to the floor to develop AI. The US, and the UK, did not sign up to a closing statement that said AI should be \u201cinclusive, transparent, ethical and safe\u201d. A new AI arms race has begun, with the US and China vying for dominance and Europe trying to carve out its role.The Trump administration, said Vance, intended to cement US leadership and ensure that the \u201cmost powerful AI systems are built in the US, with American-designed and manufactured chips\u201d. In a jibe at Europe\u2019s legislate-first approach, he said regulatory regimes had to \u201cfoster the creation of AI technology rather than strangle it\u201d; the US would not tolerate foreign governments \u201ctightening the screws on US companies\u201d. Without naming China, Vance also warned against signing AI deals with an \u201cauthoritarian master\u201d. The vice-president was speaking days after the director of the US AI Safety Institute stood down, raising uncertainty over its future. Donald Trump has also revoked President Joe Biden\u2019s 2023 executive order calling for top AI companies to share information with the US government. The new US stance, says one academic, is a \u201c180-degree turnaround\u201d from Biden\u2019s.That strategic shift has coincided with a tilting of the balance of AI power. US confidence in its technological lead has been rattled by China\u2019s DeepSeek, an AI model apparently developed more cheaply and with far less computing power than US counterparts. For now, China is seeking to play both sides. It is engaging with the EU on the global regulatory agenda. But it is also investing heavily in overcoming restrictions on its access to advanced microchips \u2014 and challenging US hegemony in AI.Europe is still striving to assert itself as a player in the global AI race, and an alternative to the US and China. Some European executives have touted DeepSeek \u2014 along with France\u2019s Mistral \u2014 as evidence that cheaper, open-source models could provide an opportunity for the continent. French President Emmanuel Macron, who hosted the conference, spoke in favour of open, shared AI platforms, criticised closed US models and announced big investments in AI infrastructure in France. But, while EU rules may not be quite as stifling as the US vice-president claims, Europe has other obstacles \u2014 including a shortage of \u201cblitzscaling\u201d capital to rapidly build out start-ups.Britain has denied that its own puzzling failure \u2014 as the organiser of the first AI summit \u2014 to sign the final communique, when 57 countries including China and India plus the EU did so, reflected a decision to side with the Trump White House. The government insists it was because the statement did not provide enough \u201cpractical clarity\u201d on global AI governance or address \u201charder questions\u201d on national security.Whichever is true, the case for collaborative governance of the new technology \u2014 especially the goal of human-level intelligence \u2014 is powerful, given its vast potential benefits and risks. No one would wish to see its development strangled by excessive regulation, or an authoritarian China become dominant. But America\u2019s apparent readiness to dismantle guardrails that were being put in place represents a bold, potentially reckless, bet \u2014 that it can master this game-changing technology first, without anything going wrong along the way. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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