Catherine Thorbecke

Why Chinese Tech Keeps Surprising the West DeepSeek is the latest product from China to shock the US tech broligarchy. It won’t be the last.

DeepSeek exposes an uncomfortable truth: US exceptionalism and xenophobia mean the tech broligarchy will keep being surprised, writes @thorbecke.bsky.social @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

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People are jailbreaking DeepSeek to get around China’s strict censorship laws. @thorbecke.bsky.social tried it to uncover the truth.

Here’s what she found 🎥

DeepSeek Is No Chat(Xi)PT. For Now China’s most popular AI product is expected to perpetuate Communist Party values, but there are cracks.

For now, DeepSeek is no Chat(Xi)PT, writes @thorbecke.bsky.social China’s most popular AI product is expected to perpetuate communist party values, but there are cracks @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

DeepSeek and Masa Son Have Lessons for Stargate China has shown that scarcity can fuel innovation. Americans should be cautious that excess doesn’t breed waste.

If you're wondering what all the DeepSeek fuss is about, read this smart piece from @thorbecke.bsky.social @opinion.bloomberg.com (free to read) www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

DeepSeek and Masa Son Have Lessons for Stargate China has shown that scarcity can fuel innovation. Americans should be cautious that excess doesn’t breed waste.

China has shown that innovation doesn’t have to be expensive, writes @thorbecke.bsky.social. Americans should be cautious:

China’s AI Strength Suggests US Curbs Could Backfire Washington shouldn’t discount how imposing scarcity all too often breeds innovation.

This -- from @thorbecke.bsky.social -- saw this moment coming in June: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Trump’s Bigger China Cyber Threat Isn’t TikTok Hackers penetrating critical facilities or the devices of top officials show glaring US weaknesses if there’s ever a major conflict. It’s time to get serious.

A barrage of cyberattacks reveal just how vulnerable the US would be in a serious conflict, writes @thorbecke.bsky.social @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Elon Musk Won’t Save TikTok If Musk’s deconstruction of X indicates what’s in store for TikTok, it’s not likely to be a win for the more than 170 million American users.

If Musk’s deconstruction of X indicates what’s in store for TikTok, it’s not likely to be a win for the more than 170 million American users. My latest for
@opinion.bloomberg.com , free to read: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Elon Musk Won’t Save TikTok If Musk’s deconstruction of X indicates what’s in store for TikTok, it’s not likely to be a win for the more than 170 million American users.

If Musk’s deconstruction of X indicates what’s in store for TikTok, it’s not likely to be a win for the more than 170 million American users, says @thorbecke.bsky.social

Indonesia’s Showdown With Apple Is Far From Over Jakarta may think it has won the first round, but now is the time to reach a truce with the US tech giant.

It's time for a truce, writes @thorbecke.bsky.social @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

US-China Tech Breakup Is a Race to the Bottom The US must clarify the link between consumer tech and national security threats.

A messier, America First-focused breakup will only embolden Beijing while inhibiting its own consumer-tech industry, writes @thorbecke.bsky.social @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Waymo’s Japan Road Trip Should Drift Outside Tokyo Driving in the capital is difficult, even for humans. But autonomous vehicles can head to rural areas to fill labor shortages and transit gaps.

Waymo’s Japan road trip should veer outside of Tokyo: Autonomous vehicles can head to rural areas to fill labor shortages and transit gaps, writes @thorbecke.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Books We Read in 2024 to Prepare Us for the Future Reading and writing isn’t something to be surrendered to AI. Here are six books written by humans to give insight into a world changed rapidly by technology.

Here are six books recommended by @davelee.me , @parmy.bsky.social and @thorbecke.bsky.social to help you make sense of technology in 2025

Chinese Technology Is Getting More Persuasive Tools that nudge your decision-making is a concern that extends far beyond how Beijing could use it.

The power of “persuasion” has been identified as a potentially catastrophic risk right alongside fears that models could gain autonomy or help build a nuclear weapon, @thorbecke.bsky.social writes www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

US Cannot Repeat Trump’s Attacks on Chinese Scientists His first-term China Initiative was a failure. Bringing it back would play into Beijing’s hands and impact US innovation.

Trump's program "devolved into an ineffective racial profiling campaign targeting Asian American academics, and left a string of wrongful accusations that upended researchers’ lives while doing little to stamp out suspected spying," writes @thorbecke.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...