Exclusive: House Republicans on the Special Committee on China have warned that it is important for the United States to beat China in the “race” for dominance in artificial intelligence.
“China is pursuing AI, but at the same time they are pursuing quantum computing, which is a deadly combination,” Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Florida, told Fox News Digital. “And when it comes to artificial intelligence, the more data we collect, the faster we progress… AI is a race we need to win.”
Jimenez explained that AI technology is rapidly being integrated into more aspects of both daily life and the national security field.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping is overseeing his country’s efforts to beat the United States in the AI race. (Getty Images)
“We have to win the AI race because AI is being applied to everything, including military hardware. So it’s important for us to win that race. If we don’t do that in the future, the technology will It will be used against us,” he said.
Asked about concerns about China taking the lead, Jimenez said: “Many of their weapons will be better than ours. That causes great concern.”
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Just last year, the Pentagon announced an ambitious new AI program called the Replicator Initiative, aimed at producing thousands of drones with autonomous capabilities to compete with China.
“Replicators are intended to help China overcome its biggest advantages: mass, more ships, more missiles, more people,” said Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary of defense. Said in August. “To stay ahead of the curve, we will do what the United States has done in the past, leveraging highly consumable autonomous systems in all areas, which are cheaper, expose fewer people to the line of fire, and changed, updated or improved with virtually short lead times.”
Congressman Carlos Jimenez (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Getty Images)
But Jimenez said that in addition to military implications, the AI competition between the United States and China is also taking place at a more granular level, driven by the Chinese government’s ability to collect data on Americans via TikTok. He pointed out that he was being helped.
He pressed FBI Director Christopher Wray on the issue during a hearing last month, during which Wray acknowledged that “there are very serious security concerns regarding TikTok.”
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“This is a combination of the ability, if the Chinese government chooses to exercise it, to control data collection, to control recommendation algorithms, and to control and compromise devices if it chooses to do so,” Ray said. Ta. “And as you say, layering AI on top of that just amplifies those concerns, because if you have the ability to take U.S. personal data and feed it into an AI engine; It will only exacerbate the problem.”
Jimenez told FOX News Digital that the way to alleviate concerns about China and stay on the cutting edge of AI innovation is to take a close look at U.S. agencies with ties to the Chinese government.
FBI Director Christopher Wray testified before Congress late last month. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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“I think we should look at educational institutions that have close ties to Chinese companies, Chinese people who may be working for China. Look, if you’re a Chinese company, what research Chinese law requires that you also hand over your findings. [that] may be helpful to [Chinese military],” He said.
“So we need to look at every Chinese company as basically an extension of the Chinese military. That’s very worrying to me, and the possibility that American universities, Western universities… are transferring technology. It is the fact that there is a gender.”
