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Mike Gallagher, Palantir’s head of defence, warns that advances in AI could make China’s leader more inclined to seize Taiwan, Bloomberg reports. The island is a major chipmaking hub, with an outsize role in the global AI supply chain.
Why it mattersThat is Gallagher’s assessment of a geopolitical risk, not evidence that an attack is planned or imminent. When a company executive connects AI progress to the Taiwan question, it is worth asking whether the technology changes the strategic calculation, or mainly sharpens an existing warning.
Discuss: Do advances in AI materially change the risk of a conflict over Taiwan, or do they mostly add urgency to an existing geopolitical concern?
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