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"description": "A ‘Sputnick moment’ for AI. A new cold war – the race to superintelligence – is on.",
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"_****One Carr driving the Federal Communications Commission****_",
"_****Two superpowers racing toward AI superintelligence dominance****_",
"_****Three branches of government (and some formerly independent agencies)****_",
"_****Four programs with Universal Service Funds****_",
"_****56 states and territories without digital equity grants****_",
"_****Less than 6 months for a broadband permit****_",
"_****Data center-powered electricity bills up 70 percent****_",
"_****800 megahertz of spectrum to sell at auction****_",
"_****$9 billion + 12 billion (or $21 billion) in BEAD remaining funds****_",
"_****Not even $10/month for an affordable connectivity program****_",
"_****Through BEAD and broadband, 110 million locations served****_",
"_****More than 1200 megahertz of spectrum for unlicensed wireless****_",
"_****Click to read each of the 12 Days of Broadband articles!****_",
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"textContent": "_Editor's Note: Published on Dec. 2, 2025; republished on Dec. 27, 2025._\n\nThe year 2025 began with an artificial intelligence jolt: DeepSeek, a large language model developed in Hangzhou, China’s “Silicon Valley,” shook global financial markets. The AI phenom became the most-downloaded free app on Apple’s app store in the U.S., beating even ChatGPT.\n\n#### 12 Days of Broadband 2025 (click to open)\n\n * _****On the First Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me:****__****One Carr driving the Federal Communications Commission****_ _****.****_\n * _****On the Second Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me:****__****Two superpowers racing toward AI superintelligence dominance****_ _****.****_\n * _****On the Third Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me:****__****Three branches of government (and some formerly independent agencies)****__****.****_\n * _****On the Fourth Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me:****__****Four programs with Universal Service Funds****_ _****.****_\n * _****On the Fifth Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me:****__****56 states and territories without digital equity grants****_.\n * _****On the Sixth Day of Broadband, my true level sent to me:****__****Less than 6 months for a broadband permit****_ _****.****_\n * _****On the Seventh Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me:****__****Data center-powered electricity bills up 70 percent****_ _****.****_\n * _****On the Eighth Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me:****__****800 megahertz of spectrum to sell at auction****_ _****.****_\n * _****On the Ninth Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me:****__****$9 billion + 12 billion (or $21 billion) in BEAD remaining funds****_ _****.****_\n * _****On the Tenth Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me:****__****Not even $10/month for an affordable connectivity program****_ _****.****_\n * _****On the Eleventh Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me:****__****Through BEAD and broadband, 110 million locations served****_ _****.****_\n * _****On the Twelfth Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me:****__****More than 1200 megahertz of spectrum for unlicensed wireless****_ _****.****_\n\n\n\n_****Click to read each of the 12 Days of Broadband articles!****_\n\nHere, in spite of U.S. export controls keeping the most advanced chips by Nvidia out of the country, a Chinese AI startup appeared to have built a near-frontier AI model cheaply – and through open-source. It was a “Sputnick moment” if there ever was one for the U.S.\n\nA new “cold war” – the race to superintelligence – was on.\n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
"title": "Who Will Dominate AI: The U.S., China, Both or Neither?",
"updatedAt": "2026-03-11T05:41:42.498Z"
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