Eric Schmidt says America needs to ‘get its act together’ in AI competition with China

Alphabet chairman Eric Schmidt says the US is at risk of falling behind in the race to develop cutting-edge artificial intelligence. Speaking at a tech summit organized by national security think tank CNAS, Schmidt predicted that America’s lead in the field would continue “over the next five years” before China catches up “extremely quickly.”“They are going to use this technology for both commercial and military objectives, with all sorts of implications,&rdqu