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Deal with U.S. a high-tech security supply chain landmark: Economist

> An economist said Friday that the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) signed between Taiwan and the United States Thursday (U.S. time) marks the formal inclusion of Taiwan into the U.S. high-tech security supply chain.

> In a Facebook post, Li Chen-yu (李鎮宇), chief economist at TS Financial Holding Co., said one of the most important aspects of the ART is that Taiwanese semiconductors and related tech products will be granted the Most-Favorable-Nation (MFN) treatment under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act.

> Li said semiconductors and information and communications products accounted for about 76 percent of Taiwan's exports to the U.S. market, adding that MFN status indicated Washington had formally included Taipei in its national security and industrial security framework.

https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202602130011 #TechGeopolitics #GlobalSupplyChain #Taiwan #semiconductors #security #supplychain #chips

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called chip export policy reversals "crazy," comparing potential H200 sales to China to "selling nuclear weapons to North Korea." DeepMind's Hassabis offered a different view: Chinese labs trail by six months but replicate well. The split reflects broader tensions between containment and commerce as licensing rules evolve.

#AIPolicy #ExportControls #TechGeopolitics

https://www.implicator.ai/anthropic-ceo-compares-china-chip-sales-to-nuclear-proliferation/

Listening to this sweeping talk by @pluralistic I can't help but see parallels to the #HackerManifesto

There's a glimpse at a different #DigitalWorld in addition to a thorough criticism of current trends.

"A post-American Internet"? The talk shows that the #Internet and #Cyberspace are far from elusive, untouchable realms but instead are very real in terms of #Power. The digital world is very much shaped by the US which for years has unsettled other states and puts further strain on the #Multistakeholder approach, which in the words of Milton Mueller was enacted specifically to make sure, no one government would dictate the rules of the Internet.

Really interesting is the observation, that we might be at a tipping point for #DigitalGovernance. A new coalition emerges thanks to #Trump, bringing together such different groups as Digital activists and national security hawks for #DigitalSovereignty

The talk is a great illustration of the importance of #TechGeopolitics and picking up many themes I've also addressed in my newsletter like #TechDebt. Subscribe here: https://explore.ghost.org/p/nicolas-zahn

https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-a-post-american-enshittification-resistant-internet

#39c3

"China’s Cyberspace Administration proposed the rules on Saturday. If finalized, they would apply to any AI products or services publicly available in China that use text, images, audio, video, or “other means” to simulate engaging human conversation. Winston Ma, adjunct professor at NYU School of Law, told CNBC that the “planned rules would mark the world’s first attempt to regulate AI with human or anthropomorphic characteristics” at a time when companion bot usage is rising globally."

#Regulation of #AI is all about power and the narrative that you can only have #innovation without rules is clearly disproven by #China

Yet another sign of the importance of understanding #TechGeopolitics

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/china-drafts-worlds-strictest-rules-to-end-ai-encouraged-suicide-violence/

Nvidia’s new location-checking feature for its AI chips highlights the growing intersection of technology and geopolitics. Designed to prevent high-value processors from reaching restricted countries, the tool balances security, customer needs, and international regulations. How Nvidia navigates this challenge could shape future standards and policies for the global AI chip industry.

#Nvidia #AIChips #TechGeopolitics #AIRegulations #TECHi

Read more details :- https://www.techi.com/nvidia-unveils-chip-location-tracking/

A16z reports 80% of AI startup pitches now build on Chinese open-source models. While US labs chased proprietary perfection, Chinese competitors optimized for diffusion—and won the adoption race.

#AIPolicy #OpenSource #TechGeopolitics

https://www.implicator.ai/americas-ai-startups-are-building-on-chinese-foundations/

The AI Race: US Still Ahead. For Now.

#AICompetition #TechGeopolitics #USvsChina #AILeadership #TheInternetIsCrack