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P131
The US and China are secretly collaborating on AI development despite public rhetoric of competition
What Jiang said
“Behind the scenes, America and China are working together to create AGI... even though these are Chinese companies that are doing this, they're working very closely with American companies because American companies need this data.”
Analysis
While OpenAI scares Americans about Chinese AI to get government funding, American companies work closely with Chinese firms to access surveillance data that privacy laws prevent in the US. The cameras in Hangzhou providing mood data benefit both countries' AI development.
Status history
- 2026-05-23 · Pending (glm)
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2026-09-25 ·
Pending → Unverifiable
(manual)
Not a forecast (claim audit 2026-09-26, operator-approved): in the 2026-05-12 lecture Jiang described something already true or under way. He uses present-tense claims ('are working together', 'need this data') describing an already-ongoing covert arrangement rather than forecasting a future development.