AI Cold War: U.S. vs China?

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AI Cold War: U.S. vs China?

AI Race Between the U.S. and China: A New Cold War?

Marc Andreessen, well-known investor and co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, says the current AI race between the U.S. and China is like a modern-day Cold War. He believes AI will soon shape key areas of life, like health, education, and law, and that each country wants to define the global rules.

• Andreessen says almost all AI platforms are being developed in either the U.S. or China.

• China is pushing its own AI vision, like DeepSeek, which is cheaper and faster, gaining global market share.

• This growing success has even hurt American tech stocks, showing how serious the competition is.

This battle is about more than just technology, it's about which values will shape the future of the world. As AI becomes the middle layer between people and vital services, the country that leads in AI may also lead in influence and control.

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2nd News of the Day

AI Cold War: U.S. vs China?

Nvidia CEO Disagrees with Anthropic’s AI Job Loss Predictions

Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, strongly disagreed with recent comments by Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, about artificial intelligence (AI) taking over jobs.

• Huang said AI will change jobs, but also create many new opportunities

• He criticized Amodei’s views on AI being too dangerous for wide development

• Huang called for open and responsible development of AI, not behind closed doors

As AI grows fast, big tech leaders are split on how it will affect jobs and society. Huang’s comments show a more hopeful view, while Amodei warns of serious risks. This debate shapes how AI will be built, used, and regulated in the coming years.

Trending Tools of Day

AgentX 2.0
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Spotted in Prod
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Wonderish
Canva of Vibe Coding

Granola for Windows
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Fluidworks
SaaS onboarding agent that talks , clicks, and guides users

Everything else

🎥 Red Carpet: A short film created in part with Google’s Veo video model, and in collaboration with acclaimed director Darren Aronofsky, just premiered at the Tribeca Festival. You can watch the full movie here.

🧑‍💻 Right Stuff: Stanford computer scientist Andrew Ng thinks there’s “a new breed of GenAI application engineers” who will be the key to businesses’ success in the years to come. Here are the interview questions he uses to identify these rare individuals.

🤝 Dream Team: It turns out, you can combine Claude Code with OpenAI’s o3 and Google’s Gemini 2.5 via MCP to form an “all-star coding lineup.” Builder Ian Nuttall gives a quick rundown of how it works.

🖱️ Anything Goes: v0 is holding a competition to see who can build “the most ridiculous and fun captcha” with its vibe-coding tools. Submissions include: “Are you human? Or are you dancer?”; “Atari Chess Captcha;” and “Trading Captcha, Get profitable to proceed.”

📖 Deep Dive: OpenAI recently released a 34-page technical guide on how to build agents. X user LoicReco shares his biggest takeaways.

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