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Tech CEOs admit they want AI monopoly: US plans to block China's competition & 'steal' engineers
29 minutes Posted Feb 1, 2025 at 12:00 am.
(CLIP) "Competition is for losers"
China's DeepSeek AI breakthrough
US tech billionaire Peter Thiel
(CLIP) Peter Thiel praises monopolies
Peter Thiel backs Donald Trump
US government targets DeepSeek
US goal: stop Chinese innovation
China is developing 10 AI models
Senate hearing on China
(CLIP) "Let's steal [China's] engineers"
CIA testimony
(CLIP) Ban Chinese apps in USA
Is DeepSeek stealing from OpenAI?
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
(CLIP) Sam Altman & Peter Thiel
Silicon Valley wants to cut off China
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei
Chip restrictions on China
Big Tech wants US "unipolar world"
Who's authoritarian, USA or China?
US oligarchy
Capitalism vs competition
Peter Thiel employed JD Vance
PayPal Mafia
Robber barons
Capitalism creates monopolies
Chinese socialism vs US capitalism
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Big Tech oligarchs in Silicon Valley fear competition from Chinese AI companies like DeepSeek, so they're working with the US government to cut off competitors. Billionaire Donald Trump backer Peter Thiel admits they want monopolies, arguing "competition is for losers". Ben Norton explains.
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