“What we’re seeing unfolding in real time is nothing short of a tech war between the U.S. and China….  We are going to see a bifurcation of a Chinese led technology world and an American led technology world,” says Palantir advisor Jacob Helberg.

The new 7 nanometer SMIC chip to Huawei may be violating U.S. sanctions.  The Biden Admin. sanctions show the export controls on advanced computing will slow China’s advance but not stop it.  But this is what the sanctions are designed to do, because China views AI as essential to “leap frogging” U.S. military capability.  The PLA is already highly competitive in autonomous underwater drones and computer vision.  “Leadership in Washington and Beijing both understand that AI is the single most consequential breakthrough paradigm shift in technology and military affairs in 80 years,” says Mr. Helberg.