A US House committee focused on competition with China faces criticism for asking American academics to report if they were denied positions in favor of Chinese applicants, citing concerns of fueling anti-Chinese sentiment.
US lawmakers have raised national security concerns regarding DoorDash's potential use of Chinese AI models, citing growing dependence on PRC-developed technology. They have requested an in-person briefing with DoorDash staff by August 21 to discuss the issue.
A US lawmaker's suggestion to denaturalize 1.5 million people born in Saipan and raised in China has drawn sharp criticism from Democratic Representative Ro Khanna, who called the idea "absurd" and stated that US-born citizens cannot be denaturalized.
A US congressional committee heard testimony that China has systematically stolen US economic and technological secrets, including AI advances, benefiting its military. However, some witnesses and lawmakers cautioned against broad measures targeting Chinese individuals and companies, advocating for a "scalpel, not a sledgehammer" approach.
The United States House Select Committee on China recently released a report on artificial intelligence. Titled “Buy What It Can, Steal What It Must: China’s Campaign to Acquire Frontier AI Capabilities”, it captures a hardening view in Washington that Beijing’s artificial intelligence rise is closely tied to both market access and security concerns. Whether fully substantiated or not, such beliefs are increasingly shaping the policy lens through which technology competition between the two...
