Drexel: AI Research by U.S. Companies in China Is ‘Fueling the Repressions in Xinjiang and Elsewhere’

Bill Drexel, an associate fellow for the technology and national security program at the Center for a New American Security, said the U.S. unknowingly assisted China’s repressive use of technology.

In an interview with the Federal Newswire, Drexel emphasized the power and potential danger of artificial intelligence.

"In a lot of ways the technological repression ecosystem that's coming out of China, we laid the foundation for unwittingly with the best of intentions," Drexel said to Federal Newswire. "Ultimately when you look at things like Microsoft's AI research lab in Beijing and the alumni of that program, it reads as a who's who of the big AI tech companies in China today that are fueling the repressions in Xinjiang and elsewhere."

Drexel continued to say the U.S. believed engaging in free trade with China and opening those economies might influence the country toward a more open society, according to Federal Newswire. He noted this notion did not pan out.

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