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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.

Sep 20, 2026

20:53
Tira, what have you spotted in the papers?
20:55
Well, I am very interested in this, in how AI is being perceived in different places around the world.
21:03
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.
21:14
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.
21:38
and also change or influence social norms and behavior.
21:43
So they're not worried about it threatening mankind or taking over the workings of a nuclear energy plant, things like that.
21:54
They're worried about political issues.

32 MINS LATER

54:06
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.

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