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The Week: China Is Undercutting America’s AI Boom

George Hahn reports that cheaper Chinese AI models are undercutting America's AI dominance, while Oracle's growing debt raises alarms about the sustainability of the AI boom. Hahn also highlights Derek Thompson's concept of the 'antisocial century' to illustrate rising risk, isolation, and the declining power of friendship.

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The Week: China Is Undercutting America’s AI Boom
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George Hahn connects the dots across the week’s biggest stories: how cheaper Chinese models are challenging America’s AI dominance, why Oracle’s growing debt is raising alarms about the AI boom, and what Derek Thompson’s “antisocial century” reveals about risk, isolation, and the declining power of friendship.

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