About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of China's AI advancements, U.S. policy responses, and election security concerns related to China.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill focus on the arrival of Moonshot's Kimi K3 model and the "DeepSeek 2.0 concerns" among investors and policymakers. Topics include: The incoherent U.S. approach to the open source AI ecosystem, levers the U.S. side could pull to thwart Chinese progress, and why the Trump Administration might be reluctant to take those steps. Then: Xi's keynote address at the World AI Conference, China's coherent messaging to the world, questions about infrastructure in the Global South, and the needle the U.S. could thread with open source policy. At the end: Trump's claims of "an unprecedented election security nightmare" at the hands of the PRC, the Connected Vehicle Security Act heads to mark-up this week, Neville Roy Singham is under investigation, and Rep. John Moolenaar urges the NBA to look closer at Brooklyn Nets owner—and Alibaba Chairman—Joe Tsai.

People in this episode

Host: Bill Bishop

Guest: Andrew

Topics covered

• AI ecosystem
• China's technology
• U.S. policy
• election security
• connected vehicles
• infrastructure
• global relations

Keywords

• Kimi K3
• DeepSeek 2.0
• open source AI
• Trump election claims
• infrastructure Global South
• Connected Vehicle Security Act
• Xi Jinping
• NBA
• Joe Tsai

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Moonshot, PRC, NBA, Alibaba, Connected Vehicle Security Act

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