Artificial Intelligence has risen from a plain technical challenge to become the leading geopolitical issue in 2025. This episode of the Tech Field Day podcast, recorded in advance of AI Field Day, features Dr. Bob Sutor, Mitch Ashley, and Jim Czuprynski discussing the balkanization of AI globally. We have previously talked about data sovereignty, but AI is a technology seen to have international importance. From raw materials to chipmaking to systems design to model training, every nation wants to control AI. The United States recently introduced the AI Diffusion Framework to control not just access to chips but also sovereignty of the AI models themselves. We are really just starting to develop AI systems with large language models and yet companies and researchers are already recognizing that we need to move beyond words to spatial, temporal, and true understanding of the world. We are on the cusp of the next space race as regions and nations compete to be the center of the AI universe.
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Stephen Foskett is the President of the Tech Field Day Business Unit and Organizer of the Tech Field Day Event Series, now part of The Futurum Group. Connect with Stephen on LinkedIn or on X/Twitter.
Mitch Ashley is the Vice President and Practice Lead for DevOps and Application Development at The Futurum Group. You can connect with Mitch on X/Twitter and on LinkedIn. Find more of Mitch’s work on Futurum’s website.
Dr. Bob Sutor is the Vice President of Emerging Technologies at The Futurum Group. You can connect with Bob on LinkedIn and on Bluesky. Find more of Bob’s work on Futurum’s website.
Jim Czuprynski is the Chief Storyteller at Zero Defect Computing, Inc. You can connect with Jim on LinkedIn and on Bluesky. Learn more about Jim over on his personal website.
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