What the U.S. can learn from China about regulating AI

FP's best analysis on how this new technology is shaping geopolitics

VIEW IN BROWSER Brian Stauffer illustration for Foreign Policy Top tech leadership, including Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, join representatives from U.S. labor and civil society organizations, as well as national security experts, on Capitol Hill in Washington today for the AI Insight Forum. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer convened the meeting to inform how Congress should approach regulating artificial intelligence. "This is sort of an important and urgent and in some ways unprecedented moment," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said before the session began. "And that I think we really need the government to lead." Read Foreign Policy's best coverage analyzing what this new technology means for geopolitics. What the U.S. Can Learn From China About Regulating AI Over the past two years, China has enacted some of the world's earliest and most sophisticated rules for AI. By Matt Sheehan Washington Can Lead on AI Both the private and public sectors need to play a part. By Paul Scharre Why America Has a New Tech Ambassador Nathaniel Fick on running the State Department's new Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy. By Ravi Agrawal How to Regulate AI Biden's former top tech policymaker explains how guardrails around technology should work. By Ravi Agrawal AI Has Entered the Situation Room Data lets us see with unprecedented clarity—but reaping its benefits requires changing how foreign policy is made. By Stanley McChrystal, Anshu Roy Interested in more stories like this? Add AI to your My FP preferences. AI's Gatekeepers Aren't Prepared for What's Coming What was once a diffuse technology is now increasingly controlled by a handful of tech companies. Governments need to catch up. By Paul Scharre AI Is Winning the AI Race Success isn't just staying ahead of China. By Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Matt Sheehan It Was Set Up to Regulate Telegraphs. Now It's Grappling With AI. The U.N.'s oldest agency is taking on the world's newest technology. By Rishi Iyengar Can ChatGPT Explain Geopolitics? We asked the latest generative AI system to analyze Russia's 2014 invasion of Crimea. Here's how it fared against a college student. By Sasha Polakow-Suransky Elevate Your Outlook Gain a deeper understanding of the world with FP. Get daily analysis at the intersection of politics and international affairs, plus the full digital archive from 1970 to today. SEE OFFERS Want to receive FP newsletters? Manage your FP newsletter preferences. MANAGE YOUR EMAIL PREFERENCES  |  VIEW OUR PRIVACY POLICY  |  UNSUBSCRIBE  Reach the right online audience with us. Foreign Policy is a division of Graham Holdings Company. All contents © 2023 Graham Digital Holding Company LLC. All rights reserved. Foreign Policy, 655 15th St NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC, 20005.