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We speak to a US-China tech expert who served under presidents Biden and Trump about America鈥檚 race with China to develop Artificial Intelligence. Does he agree with president Trump鈥檚 statement 鈥渨hoever wins AI wins鈥�, and what does 鈥渨inning鈥� look like?

Justin, Marianna and Anthony discuss Donald Trump鈥檚 rejection of any regulation for Artificial Intelligence, and whether this is in line with public opinion in the United States.

The team also talk about Congress, and how Republicans are reacting to Donald Trump鈥檚 most outspoken comments yet on AI. Plus, could Democrats be making the issue more central to their campaigning ahead of this November鈥檚 midterm elections? It鈥檚 an issue which has also united progressive Democrat senator Bernie Sanders and former Trump adviser Steve Bannon - what was their message to voters?

Our guest this week is Chris McGuire, a US-China technology expert with the Council on Foreign Relations. He鈥檚 a former senior adviser at the State Department for Trump in both his first and second terms, and previously served as Deputy Senior Director for Technology and National Security at the National Security Council from 2022 to 2024 under president Biden.

Presenter: Marianna Spring, 麻豆社 Social Media Investigations correspondent, Anthony Zurcher, North America correspondent and Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter

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