In this excerpt from the book “The Rulers: Corporate Power in the Age of AI and the Cloud,” writer Cecilia Rikap examines how Europe, India, Brazil and China are taking on Big Tech companies.

Visa restrictions are deterring international AI talent from building companies in the U.S., giving other nations including China an opportunity to catch up.

Attacks on the country’s banks, aviation, and energy systems have climbed since the war with Iran began. Its answer is a homegrown AI security industry.

Business owner quotes Deng Xiaoping as motivator: “Science and technology are a primary productive force.”

Observers scrutinize Meta founder’s argument about AI’s potential as an equalizer and enabler.

Dwindling sales at home are pushing the cars toward Brazil, Thailand, and the Gulf.

Washington’s limits on foreign parts promises a supply chain revolution — but Silicon Valley founders say domestic alternatives don’t exist yet.

On South Korea’s “dopamine sites,” the pleasure comes from aspirational shopping rituals like browsing, curating, and tracking — not from a delivery.

Raffi Krikorian explains that while consumers flock to ChatGPT and Claude, companies are increasingly turning to open models that they can customize and control.

Deepfakes dominate headlines, but the real danger lies in opaque AI systems that make up election infrastructure.

The investor behind a $75-million AI-focused fund explains why reading research papers and testing frontier models has become part of his job.

Beijing is pioneering regulations that could shape how governments around the world govern emotionally intelligent chatbots.

As Arizona’s economic fortunes have become increasingly tied to TSMC and its chip supply chain, it’s been keen to diversify the roster of investors beyond tech companies.

Jack Dorsey’s Bluetooth messaging app surged during India’s internet blackout — and the government’s response suggests a new tech battleground.

In an excerpt from his book “The New Divide: Power, Control & the Cost of AI,” writer Jibu Elias examines the technology’s impact on jobs.

Local tech groups in Kenya, India, and the U.S. are building communities and conversations around AI, but also face questions about privilege and reach.

Low-cost Chinese open-weight models are splitting tech executives and Washington over national security and competitiveness.

Delivery platforms use sophisticated weather algorithms to profit from storm demand, while shifting all the physical risk onto workers trapped by pay incentives.

Governments can now deploy top-tier AI locally, bypassing costly U.S. cloud rentals.

Alibaba, ByteDance, Baidu, and Tencent guide hundreds of millions of high-school grads to optimize the high-stakes university match system.

Tata Motors and Mahindra topped a global ranking of battery efficiency, showing India's strength in building frugal electric cars — even as they lag on charging speed and driving range.

New platforms are paying people to license their likeness for AI-generated dramas and ads, creating a new marketplace for biometric identity.

Government ownership of AI companies may promise shared wealth, but it risks weakening oversight and accountability.

As the U.S. races to bypass China, the global hunger for critical minerals is financing warlords and poisoning Myanmar's borderlands.

Data collectives and cooperatives, which let creators control the collection and distribution of their data, are emerging as preferred alternatives to big tech companies.

As Apple, Thinking Machines, and developers worldwide embrace Chinese AI models such as Kimi K3, U.S. policymakers are struggling to protect the AI lead.

As demand for elite AI engineers outpaces supply, companies are recruiting teenagers through camps, research programs, and guaranteed job pipelines.

AI is helping solo developers thrive in Turkey’s gaming industry, but writers, artists, and junior programmers are being left behind.

As chatbots compete to forecast the tournament, an unlikely rival from a Toronto fish tank continues to outperform them.

Meta and other big tech companies are increasingly using AI for content moderation, but as the backlash to Muse Image shows, it cannot protect users because it does not account for consent.