Meeting

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of U.S. - China Technology Competition

Monday, March 29, 2021
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Speakers
Elsa B. Kania

Adjunct Senior Fellow, Technology and National Security Program, Center for a New American Security

Adam Segal

Ira A. Lipman Chair in Emerging Technologies and National Security and Director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program, Council on Foreign Relations; @adschina

Robert O. Work

President and Owner, TeamWork, LLC; Vice Chairman, National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence; Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense (2014–2017); CFR Member

Presider
Alana Ackerson

Chief Executive Officer, HQ, Digital Currency Group; CFR Term Member

from Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program and Renewing America

Panelists discuss the ways U.S. and Chinese efforts to develop artificial intelligence (AI) are shaping national security and geopolitical competition.

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