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Iran and the DIB with SecAF Frank Kendall

Why defense tech hype keeps underperforming

5 hrs ago • Jordan Schneider

Autonomous Weapons 101 + Dario v Hegseth

with Mike Horowitz who wrote Directive 3000.09. Human Driver : Waymo :: Artillery Shell : Warbot?

Mar 5 • Jordan Schneider

China Reacts to Anthropic-DoW

"idealists like Anthropic who try to walk a tightrope between commerce and ethics are destined to be crushed under the wheels of power"

Mar 3 • Nick Corvino, Lily Ottinger, and Irene Zhang

EMERGENCY POD: Iran + Anthropic

+ essay contest deadline extended

Mar 3 • Jordan Schneider and Lily Ottinger

Anthropic v DoW

Second Breakfast takes it on!

Feb 27 • Jordan Schneider

AI

Autonomous Weapons 101 + Dario v Hegseth

with Mike Horowitz who wrote Directive 3000.09. Human Driver : Waymo :: Artillery Shell : Warbot?

Mar 5 • Jordan Schneider

China Reacts to Anthropic-DoW

"idealists like Anthropic who try to walk a tightrope between commerce and ethics are destined to be crushed under the wheels of power"

Mar 3 • Nick Corvino, Lily Ottinger, and Irene Zhang

EMERGENCY POD: Iran + Anthropic

+ essay contest deadline extended

Mar 3 • Jordan Schneider and Lily Ottinger

Semiconductors

How Much AI Does $1 Get You in China vs America?

And Does the H200 Change Anything?

Feb 19 • Aqib Zakaria

The Future of Economic Security with Dan Kim and Chris Miller

The CHIPS Act as case study

Jan 21 • Jordan Schneider and Phoebe Chow

H200s Sale: China Reacts

"It’s like a couple separated for a long time: even if they get back together, it’s hard to recapture the original passion."

Dec 12, 2025 • Irene Zhang

Best Of

Top 10 Books of the Year of the Snake

Happy new year everyone!

Feb 16 • Jordan Schneider

Our Year in Review

Year in recap + 25 biggest US-China events of the century

Jan 15 • Jordan Schneider

Chinese AI in 2025, Wrapped

A year for the history books for the Chinese AI beat.

Dec 11, 2025 • Irene Zhang

CCP

Seedance, Kling and the Chinese AI Video Ecosystem

China proposed new rules to label AI content, but enforcement is failing, driven by economic priorities and geopolitical propaganda

Feb 13 • Nick Corvino

Xi’s Military Meltdown

Jan 28 • Jordan Schneider and Lily Ottinger

The China That Deng Built

booze and corruption on a journey through Shanxi, the land of coal

Jan 23 • Coolest Cat

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