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Tira Schubert
London-based freelance journalist, producer and media trainer, and Chair of the Rory Peck Trust; regular Monocle radio panellist.
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Sep 20, 2026
The Zürich Film Festival and the stories shaping the week
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20:55Tira ShubartGUEST
Well, I am very interested in this, in how AI is being perceived in different places around the world.
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21:03Tira ShubartGUEST
And we're all talking about loss of control with AI and the warnings that we've heard from some of the tech pros and Anthropic in particular.
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21:14Tira ShubartGUEST
But in China, which is in this incredible race with the United States, particularly egged on by Donald Trump, who wants a no-holds-barred race, China is worried about loss of control from AI, but in a very different way, in that they think that AI could threaten the power and the influence of the Chinese Communist Party.
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21:43Tira ShubartGUEST
So they're not worried about it threatening mankind or taking over the workings of a nuclear energy plant, things like that.
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54:06Steve CrawshawGUEST
But also, I think, accurately, it reflects that Netanyahu is finally, he should, of course, have felt under pressure before, but now he really is feeling under pressure and is using that Putin-esque snarl to respond.