Security think tank promotes AI to boost U.S. manufacturing and counter China’s influence

The influential Special Competitive Studies Project has released a report which views artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies as crucial to revitalizing manufacturing in the United States and countering China’s global influence.

“America’s national competitiveness hinges on the ability to produce key technology products, yet this is a clear area where the United States has fallen behind,” says the June 18 report intended to influence U.S. policymakers.

“A core set of technologies, from Industrial AI to 3-D printing and...