CEOs of OpenAI, AMD, Microsoft Testify Before Senate on AI Race

The race for AI supremacy is intensifying, with US tech giants like OpenAI and NVIDIA facing competition from China's DeepSeek, which offers a more efficient and free AI model, challenging the US dominance and shifting AI from a profit-driven to a power-driven field. This competition extends beyond technology to control over information dissemination and strategic sectors such as healthcare and governance, highlighting the broader geopolitical stakes. Meanwhile, key AI leaders, including OpenAI's Sam Altman and Microsoft’s Brad Smith, have testified before the Senate on the importance of maintaining US leadership in AI. Additionally, the battle for control of digital access points like web browsers and operating systems is heating up, with companies such as Google, OpenAI, and Perplexity vying for dominance; Google's potential forced divestiture of Chrome could reshape this landscape. The control of browsers is seen as critical for embedding AI into everyday user experiences, making it a strategic prize in the AI race. Lastly, innovations in AI are also emerging in combining multiple reasoning models to produce less biased and more nuanced insights, reflecting evolving approaches to AI development and deployment.