MIT Technology Review February 21, 2025
Plus: The US’s AI Safety Institute is being gutted.
The foundations of America’s prosperity are being dismantled
Ever since World War II, the US has been the global leader in science and technology—and benefited immensely from it. Research fuels American innovation and the economy in turn. Scientists around the world want to study in the US and collaborate with American scientists to produce more of that research.
These international collaborations play a critical role in American soft power and diplomacy. The products Americans can buy, the drugs they have access to, the diseases they’re at risk of catching—are all directly related to the strength of American research and its connections to the world’s scientists.
That scientific leadership is now...
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