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Drone Dominance is the focus here, as Travis Metz explains why the Pentagon still struggles to buy and field drones fast enough. The conversation digs into Gauntlet competitions, lessons from Ukraine, supply-chain weak points, and how autonomy under electronic attack could reshape force structure.

Richard Bian discusses AGI, open models, and how product thinking shapes AI strategy at Ant. He argues that incidents like the Hugging Face hack reveal progress as much as risk, and makes the case for better evaluations, broader perspectives, and open source as a business lever.

AI export controls and the US-China chip balance sit at the center of this conversation with Saif Khan. He discusses why he launched a new think tank, how DUV restrictions could shape AI capacity into the 2030s, and how research turns into real policy.

China, AI, corruption, and politics drive this loose, high-energy crossover conversation with Matt Yglesias and Jerusalem Demsas. It sounds broad, opinionated, and intentionally a little unhinged, with the appeal centered on chemistry as much as the topics.

Kevin Roose joins ChinaTalk to discuss AGI Chronicles, his history of OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepMind, and the people who pursued AGI before it was fashionable. The conversation explores belief, rivalry, geopolitics, and why AI now feels like a power struggle as much as a technology story.