Who Really Controls Your AI? The Sovereign AI Race Nobody Noticed

Who Really Controls Your AI?

Two of the biggest moments in AI this year happened in the same fortnight and almost nobody noticed. Five companies quietly agreed to let the US government look at their newest models before anyone else. Days later, the President walked away from the order that would have made it mandatory.

So we are left with a halfway house. Government has a foot in the door. The door has not been locked open.

In this episode I break down what actually happened, why nations are now racing to build sovereign AI, and the three reasons the world still reaches for American models despite the growing distrust. I also share what I learned watching this exact pattern play out from the inside during my time as a Futurist at IBM.

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