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AI

Xi-Trump to talk AI Safety, Huh?

+ChinaTalk in SF, impromptu meetup tonight

May 13 • Jordan Schneider, Matt Sheehan, and Julian Gewirtz

Ken Liu on AI and Freedom

this show was such a treat

May 6 • Jordan Schneider, Irene Zhang, and Phoebe Chow

How to Buy Cheap Claude Tokens in China

The Transfer Station Economy, Explained

May 5 • Zilan Qian

Semiconductors

No Jensen, Not All Compute is Created Equal

+ Nick in Cape Town!

Apr 28 • Aqib Zakaria and Nick Corvino

Notes on Jensen v Dwarkesh

MATCH Act, kobe energy, cyber as shiny object, Jensen's inner fire, lawyers v engineers

Apr 21 • Jordan Schneider

Fixing the GaN Problem

Before Another Supply Chain Emergency

Apr 20 • Aqib Zakaria

Best Of

Media Diet Q1 2026

WWI Trenches, WWII Bombers, Columbus, Magellan, Nukes

Apr 5 • Jordan Schneider

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

CCP

No Party, No Party

Beijing's campaign to foment loneliness abroad and good vibes at home

May 3 • Irene Zhang and Jordan Schneider

Making Money in Chinese AI Safety

Compliance-as-a-Service is China's unique and growing industry

Mar 12 • Nick Corvino

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

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