America needs to stop getting shocked by Chinese AI

People visit the booth of Kimi, an LLM developed by the Chinese startup Moonshot, during the World AI Conference in Shanghai, China, Monday, July 20, 2026. | Image: LONG WEI/ Feature China/Future Publishing via Getty Images Last week, two Chinese AI companies unveiled...

Iran may be stronger than we thought

Iran-made ballistic missiles and two satellite carriers are displayed at a war museum in Tehran, Iran, on April 2, 2026, amid US-Israeli military operations in Iran. | Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images Even as the US conflict with Iran threatens to escalate...
Who’s afraid of the big, bad GPU?

Who’s afraid of the big, bad GPU?

How does AI make you feel? Are you excited to “vibe-code” your smart home? Or anxious about all the added pollution and billions of gallons of water used by data centers? Dig a little deeper and you’ll start to question the actual value of the GPUs that underpin all...