DeepSeek, Stargate, and the new AI arms race

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David Sachs, the new AI czar in the Trump administration, was quick to twist the moment around into a criticism of the Biden administration, posting on X that, quote, DeepSeek R1 shows the AI race will be very competitive, and President Trump was right to rescind the Biden EO, which hamstrung American AI companies, without asking whether China would do the same. He did warn, though, that the U.S.