Anthropic’s greed is handing the AI race to China

Published August 5, 2026 10:00am ET



With all the discussion around artificial intelligence, some still view AI as abstract, but make no mistake: Artificial intelligence is the new, and very real, engine that will power our economic and military might in the future.

We’ve built strong AI models on foundational AI chip technology, but our success in the AI race against China will be decided less by the models themselves and more by what we produce through them.

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