Many policymakers and researchers see China as the most likely source of an AI accident. Yet, China has achieved remarkable safety gains in certain high-risk technological domains, including civil aviation and nuclear power. How?

On November 19th, Professor @jeffreyding.bsky.social from The George Washington University received the prestigious Lepgold Book Prize at the Mortara Center. This award recognizes the best book in international relations published in 2024. Photo credit: @georgetown-sfs.bsky.social

The GRFP announcement from NSF cuts out an entire cohort of 2nd year students from consideration, without warning. This is so deeply unfair that it warrants a formal protest from the scientific community. If someone wants to work with me to craft an open letter and solicit signatures, LMK.

Dan Garisto@dangaristo.bsky.social · 10mo ago

New: After a long wait, the GRFP solicitation is live! Deadlines have been extended to early November, so applicants have a bit over a month to submit. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

I feel very honored to receive the Lepgold Prize, awarded by Georgetown's Mortara Center to the best book in international relations published in the preceding year. Thanks to the selection committee for recognizing my book Technology and the Rise of Great Powers!

Mortara Center for International Studies, Georgetown University@mortaracenter.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Congratulations to GWU Professor @jeffreyding.bsky.social as the winner of the Georgetown University Lepgold Prize for his book Technology and the Rise of Great Powers! He will be giving a book talk on Nov. 19 at the GU Mortara Center. Mark your calendars, and stay tuned for more information!

My book Technology and the Rise of Great Powers is now available in traditional Chinese! Much thanks to Taiwanese publisher Acropolis [衛城出版] and translator Ruisong Xu [許瑞宋] for diffusing these ideas. www.books.com.tw/products/001...

科技與大國崛起：通用技術如何改變權力布局？

書名：科技與大國崛起：通用技術如何改變權力布局？，原文名稱：Technology and the Rise of Great Powers: How Diffusion Shapes Economic Competition，語言：繁體中文，ISBN：9786267645291，頁數：352，出版社：衛城出版，作者：傑佛瑞‧丁，譯者：許瑞宋，出版日期：2025/06/04，類別：商業理財

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Some reading for business and pleasure this afternoon. A preview of next week’s ChinAI…

How well can the US and China integrate AI into their economies and societies? @jeffreyding.bsky.social argues that "The U.S. is better positioned to spread and embed AI across a broad range of productive processes.” Learn about U.S.-China AI competition on this #ChinaPower Podcast:

U.S.-China Artificial Intelligence Competition | ChinaPower Project

In this episode of the ChinaPower Podcast, Dr. Jeffrey Ding joins us to discuss U.S.-China artificial intelligence (AI) competition and his book, Technology and the Rise of Great Powers: How…

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I had the cool opportunity to discuss DeepSeek and China's AI development on Wolf Blitzer's CNN show last night. They were kind enough to give some primetime product placement for my book too! @princetonupress.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/b...

We are delighted to publish working papers by the Climate & Environment team of this year's fellowship cohort, available at global.upenn.edu/future-of-us.... And please join us for a live webinar featuring these authors tomorrow January 23 from 4-5 pm ET, registration link at the QR code below:

Very pleased to be quoted in The New York Times on how Chinese AI startups are building more efficient AI models. Includes fascinating details about how engineers are using DeepSeek's models in the open source SGLang project. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/t...

How Chinese A.I. Start-Up DeepSeek Is Competing With OpenAI and Google

The company built a cheaper, competitive chatbot with fewer high-end computer chips than U.S. behemoths like Google and OpenAI, showing the limits of chip export control.

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