As the power and potential of artificial intelligence accelerates, China and the United States are competing for global advantage. But in a way, they鈥檙e running two different races. China, an authoritarian state, is likely to develop AI applications that increase the Communist Party鈥檚 control over society, said former Defense Department official Thomas G. Mahnken at a last month. In the liberal democracy of the U.S., 鈥淎merican companies seek to develop AI to empower individuals to maximize their effectiveness.鈥 Our story today looks at how President Donald Trump seeks to leverage such innovation.