Two Gaps America Must Close to Win the AI Race

The Trump Administration’s new AI Action Plan takes important steps—tightening export controls, building alliances, investing in chips and compute infrastructure—that align closely with several recommendations I submitted during its development.

But two accelerators remain underpowered: 1️⃣ Giving U.S. universities the compute resources they need to keep America at the forefront of AI innovation. 2️⃣ Mounting a global strategy to outcompete authoritarian AI models, especially in emerging and developing economies.

In this Mind the Gap post, I highlight how universities built America’s AI edge, why compute power is now the key to sustaining it, and why the U.S. needs a “Digital Marshall Plan” to ensure AI advances freedom—not authoritarian control—around the world.

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