We should hold ourselves to a different standard, for sure. China is spending a lot of time and money basically in debting the entire developing world to their authoritarian whims. I think there's more beneath the surface than the American people are aware of. Free market competition is really good. We're not right now building tech to shoot down balloons but it's about defense.
AI isn’t just changing search. It’s changing national security, too. Today, Kara talks to Trae’ Stephens, the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Anduril, about how the growing defense tech industry is using the power of AI and the speed of Silicon Valley to challenge “beltway bandits” like Lockheed Martin and Raytheon. They discuss drones in Ukraine, the ethics of “smart walls” along the US-Mexico border and, yes, those balloons.
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