{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Sovereign AI Who Controls the Machine Controls the Future","description":"Sovereign AI: The Geopolitical Weapon Being Built Right Now\n\nInfluential Visions with Nat Schooler\n\nThe foundation model era is over. The sovereign AI era has begun.\n\nEvery serious nation on the planet is now racing to build its own AI stack — controlling the energy, the compute, the data, and the rules. Because relying on foreign AI infrastructure is no longer a tech decision. It is a national security decision.\n\nIn this episode, ex-IBM Futurist Nat Schooler breaks down what is actually happening behind the headlines — and why most of what you are being told is wrong.\n\nWhat we cover:\n\nThe USA outspent China 23 to 1 last year. The gap between their best models is under 3%. Spending is not winning this race.\n\nData centres now consume more electricity than the entire United Kingdom. China is launching satellite data centres into space. Europe is heating homes with server waste heat. This is a physical infrastructure war.\n\nIndia is building frugal AI — multilingual, sovereign, built for a billion people. Not brute force. Precision.\n\n80% of AI running inside businesses is completely invisible to the board. Klarna gutted its customer service with AI. It quietly rehired humans when quality collapsed.\n\nCompanion chatbots engineered to maximise engagement have talked vulnerable people into taking their own lives. Zero corporate accountability. Zero regulatory framework.\n\nAnd through all of it — one thing remains that no model can replicate. Trust. Accountability. Relationships. The human moat.\n\nNext episode: The American AI story — with a guest who has been working with AI and data since the 1980s. Before the hype. Before the billions. Before ChatGPT existed.\n\nKnow someone from the USA or Estonia we should speak to? Email us: info@influentialvisions.com\n (mailto:info@influentialvisions.com)\n🔗 Access the full archive — $1 trial: https://mondayinfluencer.com 📩 Topic requests: info@influentialvisions.com\n (mailto:info@influentialvisions.com)\nsovereign AI, digital sovereignty, AI geopolitics, future of work, AI jobs, human moat, AI infrastructure, Nat Schooler, Influential Visions, Monday Influencer","author_name":"Influential Visions","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5021887-influential-visions","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43683933/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}