⚡️ AI development won’t slow down, geopolitical pressures are driving an acceleration

The recent moves by OpenAI, DeepSeek, and others show that AI is no longer just a tech race, it’s a geopolitical power struggle. Halting progress isn’t an option, because the stakes include military advantage, economic dominance, and global influence.

— The US maintains an edge through massive capital investment in data centers, enabling faster training, larger models, and more efficient inference.
— China responds by optimizing for efficiency and creativity, producing models that are cheaper to train but s