Zuckerberg cites China threat to US lead in AI manifesto

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500-word essay outlining his vision for artificial intelligence (AI), backing development of open-weight models and arguing that overregulation risks surrendering US leadership to China. “American communities will have greater prosperity and security if America and its allies lead in AI compared to geopolitical rivals,” the Facebook billionaire wrote in the essay, which was published on Monday. Still, the US faces a “significant disadvantage” as...