Analysts see Trump administration’s plan for global AI ‘dominance’ backfiring

The Trump administration’s plan for achieving global “dominance” in artificial intelligence by exporting the U.S. technology “stack” is alienating allies, being inconsistently implemented and risks ceding leadership to China, according to several analysts tracking the policy.

“Beijing was able to capture a rhetoric win, maybe even a propaganda win, by positioning itself as an inclusive, multilateral leader seeking to build AI for the developed world at a moment when the U.S. AI action plan was coming at it from a...